Nanyang Technological University Singapore has developed a ring-type device that can help speed up the analysis of skincare cosmetic products.
Dubbed HapSense, the wearable device is shaped like a signet ring and worn on the fingertip. It captures data on friction and pressure in near real-time with high sensitivity to offer "precise, objective and quantifiable" measurements of tactile sensation...
Researchers from the National University of Singapore and A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering have developed an AI-powered sensor patch for monitoring wound recovery.
WHAT IT DOES
Called PETAL (Paper-like Battery-free In situ AI-enabled Multiplexed), the patch comprises five colourimetric sensors in a fluidic panel patterned after a five-petal pinwheel flower. Each of the...
Biotechnology firm AVATAMED and the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology of Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research have set up a joint lab in Biopolis, the city-state's biotechnology hub.
WHY IT MATTERS
Aiming to enhance treatment outcome for cancer patients, the joint service lab will offer both drug screening solutions of IMCB and AVATAMED to oncologists and pharmaceutical...
Singapore-based biotech company Immunoscape announced that it has raised $11 million in a global equity financing round led by US-based venture firm Anzu Partners and joined by University of Tokyo Edge Capital (UTEC) in Japan, and NPR Holdings in Indonesia.
The company, which was founded in 2017, said that its immune profiling platform, which provides deep insights into the T-cells of the human...
Genomic medicine startup Lucence and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore’s national research agency and a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry, today announced study results indicating that the reagent used in Lucence’s SAFER Sample saliva collection kit inactivates SARS-CoV-2 within 45 seconds of sample collection.
The development of the SAFER...
A personalized, interactive brain-training game will soon be helping children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) improve their attention span. The advantage of this technology is that that children with ADHD can participate in this program from home. A pilot run for the home-based program will be launched for 20 children, aged 6-12 years, who are currently receiving treatment...
