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Join Us! April 9 Tweetchat #PillBottle hacks

March 31, 2014by Anna Young

On April 9, we’re having a #pillbottle Tweet Chat from 8-9pm Eastern Time. Little Devices is teaming up with hosts Smart Patients to have a conversation about how patients, caregivers, […]

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New Concepts, Prototyping Heatlh

The Mayor of Disabilityland

June 3, 2013by Jose Gomez-Marquez Leave a comment

Great talk by John Schimmel of DIYAbility on how individuals with disabilities are overcoming their challenges to enjoy the everyday things. I love their slogan “Where MacGyver meets Assistive Technology”

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What we’re doing in the lab

December 18, 2012by Jose Gomez-Marquez Leave a comment

For those of you interested. MAPLE DW – Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation Direct Write is a way of using laser beam to “fleck” off the underside coating of a […]

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Little Devices PULSE — Quantified Self for Everyone

July 6, 2012by Jose Gomez-Marquez Leave a comment

In partnership with the BMW Guggenheim Lab, we’re setting up an PULSE stations around metropolitan environments, starting with Berlin. PULSE — Personal Urban Life and Sensor Environments — are a […]

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Metalab: Reading 7-Segment Displays

June 6, 2012by Jose Gomez-Marquez Leave a comment

We are prototyping some setups to be able to capture data of 7-segment displays (think LCD watch) that come in major medical devices such as glucometers and blood pressure cuffs. […]

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Little Devices on CNN

April 20, 2012by Jose Gomez-Marquez Leave a comment

A few weeks ago, CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta featured the Little Devices group. Watch the nebulizers, MEDIKits, and toys in action! More at The Next List

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Design for Hack in Medicine featured on Make

March 30, 2012by Jose Gomez-Marquez 1 Comment

Make Magazine’s Ultimate Kit Guide featured our MEDIKit platform in an article we wrote called “‘Design for Hack’ in Medicine”. What does this mean? Imagine a design philosophy that embraces […]

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Have AK-47, will monitor IV.

August 1, 2011by Jose Gomez-Marquez Leave a comment

So the challenge in Ocotal, Nicaragua was to make an IV alarm using locally available materials. Toys were abundant, cheap, and easily hackable. The video says it best.

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