Toby Kurien, IBM Research on a cheap, wearable sensor to track the spread of tuberculosis in SA

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""We give it out to a random sample of volunteers in a community...It helps build a picture of the hot-spots.""

Toby Kurien, IBM Research talks about: why the IBM Research Lab decided it needed a Maker Space; the different types of prototyping equipment available in the Maker Space in Tshimologong Precinct in downtown Johannesburg; and using a wearable sensor to track tuberculosis and patient journeys.

December 16, 2017 by Editor

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