❤️ Health Tech
🌆 Green spaces help people feel less lonely
Adding green spaces to cities makes the air better and battles depression. Studies show it can help people feel less lonely as well. According to Dr. Vivek Murthy, the global “loneliness epidemic” is an overlooked consequence of urban living that carries...
💪 Space experiment on muscles could give us longer lives
Those who object against ventures into space often argue that those investments do not benefit ordinary people. After all, results tend to be abstract, seemingly far away from our everyday lives. Yet, there are projects where the practical advantages are in focus.With...
🍗 Food printing could increase appetite in the elderly
Many elderly are malnourished, among others resulting in weight loss, brittleness, and a loss of muscle mass. All of which have a detrimental effect on the quality of life. This malnourishment has a variety of reasons, sometimes medical but often it's caused by a...
🔬Faster and more accurate Parkinson’s diagnoses
Parkinson's is a disease that can be difficult to diagnose in its early stages. A survey in the UK showed that 26 percent of those with Parkinson's were initially misdiagnosed. Many thus did not receive the treatment they needed and 34 percent of those who...
