Create the Future Contest - Medical Category Winner From: NASA Tech Briefs - 12/2013 - page 14 More than 25 million Americans suffer from asthma, but only 35% use their peak flow meter to monitor their respiratory vital signs. Vitalflo is a device that reliably monitors a user's breathing, while showing the best ways to manage and treat changes in their breathing using a smartphone. Winners of the Medical Category, sponsored by Avnet Electroncis Marketing, the team from North Carolina State University developed the device to help not only asthmatics, but also those suffering from respiratory diseases such as COPD. team members are Dr. John Muth, James Dieffenderfer, Leigh Johnson, and Mike Brown. Links: Vitalflo (with video 1:48) http://contest.techbriefs.com/2013/entries/medical/3845 VitalFlo Wins at NASA Tech Briefs Award (with video 2:03) http://www.ece.ncsu.edu/news/24605