BYD’s cars are getting smarter, and its huge R&D staff could fill a city

  • January 17, 2024
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Chinese EV giant BYD – which has hired some 90,000 employees in R&D to ramp up its smart tech game – now has a new smart car system. Dubbed Xuanji, it offers functions like automated parking and voice recognition to better compete with Tesla and other rivals. To substantially improve its smart car technology, BYD […]

Rad Power Bikes announces price reductions across all electric bike models

  • January 17, 2024
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Rad Power Bikes, one of the leading electric bicycle companies in the US, has just slashed prices on all of its e-bikes. The company made the announcement today, effectively ushering in many of the best holiday sales from late last year as new permanent pricing for 2024. “We’re lowering 2024 prices across our lineup of […]

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Listen: Can circadian lighting improve health outcomes?

  • January 17, 2024
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Circada aims to reconnect people with nature, bringing the outside in through its innovative lighting system matching the daily and seasonal patterns of the sun. In the new episode of the Health Tech World Podcast, we speak to Circada founder Sam Lewtas about circadian lighting and how one NHS trust is trialling the technology in […]

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The Ozempic Plateau

  • January 17, 2024
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Listen to this article 00:00 08:06 Produced by ElevenLabs and NOA, News Over Audio, using AI narration. This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. The latest weight-loss drugs are rightly hailed as game changers for obesity, but in an important way, they are just like […]

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Care platform connecting over 1k patients with clinical team at Northumbria Healthcare – htn

  • January 17, 2024
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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has shared that over 1,000 patients have been enrolled on a care platform designed to connect patients with their surgeon and care team, with the aim of supporting them through joint replacement surgery preparation and recovery. The mymobility platform is designed to support patients before surgery by helping them to […]

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Cancer Deaths Are Falling, but There May Be an Asterisk

  • January 17, 2024
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The news Cancer deaths in the United States are falling, with four million deaths prevented since 1991, according to the American Cancer Society’s annual report. At the same time, the society reported that the number of new cancer cases had ticked up to more than two million in 2023, from 1.9 million in 2022. Cancer […]

Innovia showcases single-use tech for collecting cervical biopsies at Arab Health 2024

  • January 17, 2024
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Innovia Medical is set to showcase the DTR Medical Cervical Rotating Biopsy Punch at this year’s Arab Health Exhibition in Dubai. During the four-day exhibition, the company will spotlight the DTR Medical Cervical Rotating Biopsy Punch, a device designed for obtaining cervical biopsies during Gynaecological procedures. The DTR Medical Cervical Rotating Biopsy Punch has a […]

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23 suppliers named on NHS SBS framework agreement for audio visual solutions and integrated operating theatres – htn

  • January 17, 2024
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NHS Shared Business Services has awarded a contract for a framework agreement around the supply and maintenance of audio-visual solutions and integrated operating theatres, aiming to help connect operating theatres with multi-disciplinary teams for specialist collaboration across multiple sites as well as providing provision for patient check-in, patient entertainment and digital signage solutions. 23 suppliers […]

Tesla slashes car prices across Europe after similar cuts in China

  • January 17, 2024
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Tesla Model Y, equipped with FSD system. Three front facing cameras under windshield near rear view mirror.  Mark Leong | The Washington Post | Getty Images Tesla on late Tuesday trimmed prices for its Model Y cars across several countries in Europe, a week after announcing similar price cuts for its Model 3 and Model […]