Students at UWM Create Innovative Medical Devices
From: Medical Design - 07/28/2014
By: Sarah Mangiola

The Internet of Things (IoT) Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM)
recently hosted an open house in which students could display their
innovative designs. One entry, the Medcuff, designed to help people take the
right medication and dosage at the correct time, was chosen by a panel of
industry leaders as having the “Most Potential Impact.” The device, designed
by undergraduate retailing major Dylan Mack, was designed to save money and
potentially lives. The Medcuff uses vibrations and color-coded LED lights as
reminders for people to take their medications.

Also featured at the IoT open house was a project designed by undergraduate
students Zach Vargas and Scott Carson, which won second place for “Most
Innovative Technology.” Their device is an armband that uses biosensors to
translate arm and hand motions into other actions, and is specifically being
developed to wirelessly translate American Sign Language to text on devices
such as smartphones. The next phase of their project will be to develop
software, which will involve extensive data collection in order to build a
dictionary of signs. Vargas and Carson plan to model the device off of speech
recognition technology.

Read the entire article at:
http://medicaldesign.com/electronics/students-uwm-create-innovative-medical-devices

Links:
Tinkering fosters business success for Internet of Things Lab
http://www.news.wisc.edu/22883

IoT Lab
http://iotlab.wisc.edu/

Internet of Things Lab Open House Flyer
http://uwiotlab.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/open-house-flyer.pdf