💡 We are getting ready for the annual CW Technology & Engineering Conference (CW TEC 2024) on 🗓 Thursday 27 June 2024, 📍 Cambridge, UK💡
Now in its tenth year, CW TEC 2024 will bring together experts from the field of AI and technology, as well as critical industries such as healthcare, banking and telecommunications, to share insights on AI integration and the design and engineering challenges surrounding it.
@EnSilica's VP of Sensing&Control Bernard Wu will be available to demonstrate EnSilica’s sensor technology and discuss about the potential for AI in healthcare, with a particular focus on wearable technology and how it can be used to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, which account for roughly three-quarters of death globally each year (WHO).
Bernard has commented, “NCDs are a growing concern for healthcare organisations around the world. AI has made it possible to detect and manage these conditions remotely, using sensor-based technology and AI to monitor and analyse patients’ vital signs. By attaching a small device to a patient’s wrist or placing a patch on their skin, healthcare professionals are able to accelerate diagnoses, free up hospital beds, expand their research, and achieve better patient outcomes overall.”
Wearable devices, which can monitor vital signs such as heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, blood oxygen and glucose levels, then use AI to process and analyze patient data in real time, will play a critical role in the research, diagnosis and management of NCD conditions. However, one of the primary challenges facing the industry at the moment is how such technology can be incorporated into small, edge-based wearable devices with sufficient power, security and processing capabilities, a topic which EnSilica is well placed to optimise.
Bernard Wu continues, “Devices are getting smaller, and we may soon be in a position where design is outpacing manufacturing in terms of what can be achieved. With AI maturing, now is the time to address some of the engineering challenges relating to processing, power consumption and security.”
Application Specific Integrated Circuits, or ASICs, are specialised computer chips designed to perform dedicated functions with higher efficiency and lower power consumption than general-purpose processors. They can also facilitate edge computing, where data processing occurs directly on the device, preserving privacy and allowing devices to be used in areas with low connectivity.
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