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CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology (MIT), in partnership with Brazil"s FederalUniversity of Rio Grande Do Norte, won the Mobile Health UniversityChallenge with software that screens for hearing impairment. With an estimated 588 million people worldwide and 5.7 millionBrazilians afflicted by some level of hearing loss, the technology– dubbed the Sana AudioPulse – aims to make testingeasier for hearing-impaired populations in rural andpoverty-stricken areas that may not have access to medical care.Laws in Brazil mandate that newborns be screened for hearing loss;however, the implementation process has been stymied by fundinglimitations and shortages of staff and proper equipment. ThisAudioPulse technology could help overcome these obstacles. [See also: mHealth apps forecast to increase threefold by 2012 .] As the winning team, MIT and the Federal University of Rio GrandeDo Norte will be offered mentoring towards the future developmentof their innovation and the opportunity to exhibit at key industryevents such as the GSMA's Connected Living Latin America Summit,which is being held in Brazil in June 2012. The competition, held at the GSMA-mHealth Alliance Mobile HealthSummit in Cape Town, asked university students worldwide to developa mobile health concept that would address a specific healthcareneed. From the initial group of entrants, the top 13 teams wereinvited to attend this week's finals at the GSMA-mHealth AllianceMobile Health Summit to present their ideas to a judging panelcomprised of venture capitalists and major players in the mobileand health industries. From these 13 teams, four were chosen topresent to the judging panel in a final round, and from the finalfour, one overall winner was selected. Besides MIT and Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, thefinalists were: Jordan University of Science and Technology (Jordan) - SnoreDetector, a smartphone application used for detecting andmonitoring Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS). UC Berkeley (US) – LifeCheck, a digital checklist technologyfor hospitals aimed at reducing redundancy and hospital errors. University of Oxford (UK) – BabeeMon, a baby monitoringtechnology, specifically for preterm infants, that detectsrespiration, blood oxygen saturation and heart rhythm. [See also: MIT ventures explore cell phone use in developing countries .] "The teams were challenged and encouraged to use theiroriginality and creativity to create a compelling and viablemHealth solution, and we commend the enthusiasm and commitmentshown by all those who took part in our inauguralcompetition," said Jeanine Vos, Executive Director, mHealth atthe GSMA. "Our congratulations to the winning team, MIT andthe Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte and our thanks to allthose who participated.". The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as SMD RGB LED Strip Manufacturer , LED Panel Light Manufacturer, and more. For more , please visit LED Tunnel Light today!
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