According to the company tagline “Personalized Treatment Surveillance. Better Outcomes.” CareDX, Inc. is a molecular diagnostic company which is known for its AlloMap service that monitors patients with heart transplants. Current focus is on expanding the AlloMap line of blood-test products with cfDNA for Heart and cfDNA Kidney – potentially changing the lives of millions of transplant patients worldwide. Key of the company is ‘gene expression profiling,’ using the best of semiconductor industry to analyze blood cells on a molecular level, in order to identify gene activity in various types of blood cells. By building patient maps, doctors can research and predict how a patient is reacting to treatment, inflammation
A Man, A Ball, And Thousands In Technology: The Rise Of Tech In Sports
Tech in sports is quickly becoming a multibillion dollar business of increasing complexity. What does the future hold?
NVIDIA Announces 8″ SHIELD Tablet Recall due to Fire Hazard
When it was originally introduced, the 8″ SHIELD tablet represented the highest performing tablet on the market, packing Tegra K1 SoC with 192 Kepler cores, world’s first tablet with desktop-like GPU. We were quite impressed with the performance Tegra achieved by using stock Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system, as well as overall built quality. The only negative was that the screen resolution wasn’t the greatest on an 8″ tablet, and it would heat up during gameplay – but not more than for example, Nexus 9 tablet (also powered by the same processor), or Texas Instruments powered Amazon Kindle HDX 8.9″. However, it looks like the tables have turned on
Videos: Apple Releases Four New Apple Watch Advertisements
The four ads, titled Beijing, Berlin, Closer and Goals, all have one thing in common – they showcase how an Apple Watch will help transform your daily lives. From getting directions to making sure where and what to see in different towns and cities, to other potentially interesting social interaction related possibilities. Even the tech savvy individuals will be impressed, specially with some health oriented aspects. While some have spurned these ads, titling them not to Apple’s standards, we find them interesting. They promote the options of the product rather well, putting things you can do with it in perspective. This might be a reaction
Introducing Sony’s Project Morpheus
As we enter the second half of 2015, we are presented with a virtual reality market that is saturated with high-end and entry level products. From the low-cost Merge VR headset to Microsoft’s HoloLens, the VR market has exploded and offers an incredibly diverse array of products for consumers to consider. With this in mind, several of the frontiers opposing virtual reality have been overcome already. Take the suggestion that VR hardware would be prohibitively priced, for example, as while some headsets are relatively costly there are others that have targeted the lower end of the market (think of Google’s simplistic Cardboard invention). There are
Look Back: Virtual Reality gets Real at E3 2015
Just a couple of weeks ago, the Electronic Entertainment Expo was hosted in the beautiful city of Los Angeles, and will be held once more on June 14-16, 2016. This annual event, which is better known to followers simply as ‘E3’, is always a hive of activity and usually offers some fascinating insights into the real-time gaming world. This years’ offering was no exception, with game hardware and the rise of virtual reality (VR) technology firmly under the spotlight. While there may have been a strong focus on VR technology at the event, however, there was a strong suggestion that some of the most intriguing
When will Virtual Reality Games offer a Good Experience with Football?
In the past five years, virtual reality has left the realm of pipeline dream and established itself as something that will soon become a must have gaming apparatus. However, VR headsets offer much more than just an immersive gaming experience, they may be of benefit in the everyday world, especially for those who are involved in sport. This piece will look at how virtual reality can relate to the sport of football as well as football video games. In regards to football games, we will use EA Sports’ FIFA franchise over Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer, simply because FIFA is the far more popular and the 2014
Asus Brings Wearables, Tablets to Computex 2015
Asus starts another Computex by launching new wearables and tablets at the show in Taipei.
No Face Transplants: Apple Rejects Apps That Change Apple Watch’s Face
The Apple Watch Gets the iFixit Treatment
I Can’t Figure Out What To Do With My Fake Apple Watch
Apple Watch Pre-Order Estimates Hit 1 Million in US
Apple Opens Doors to Online Apple Watch Pre-Orders
Patent Woes May Delay Apple Watch Launch in Switzerland
IDC: The Wearables Market is Expanding
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The Strength of the Apple Watch App Store Will Determine Its Success
The strength of the smartwatch’s app library will determine if it’s just hype or a sustainable product.
Samsung’s Smartwatch Strategy: ‘Pause’
The company says it’s taking a break from the market to develop a more perfect product.
Pebble Time Proves a Demand for Wearables
The success of the Pebble smartwatch proves the market wants wearables. But are Pebble’s competitors up to the task?