Mobile

We've heard about campers, kitchens and even tiny homes that fit in pickup truck beds, but the PreCare system is decidedly more altruistic. It's a truck-bed-based popup healthcare center, designed to serve remote and impoverished communities.

The relationship between mobile phone use and an increased risk of brain cancer is a debate that's been around almost as long as mobile phones themselves. A huge study from the WHO that's just been released should put the question to rest.

ViSi Mobile uses Wi-Fi technology to allow doctors to remotely monitor patient vital signs using a tablet or smartphone.

The mini-mobile-modular (M3) “smart” water desalination and filtration system could help determine the feasibility of using available water as a source for a large-scale desalination plant.

Computer engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have coupled a smartphone with USB-based ultrasound probe technology to produce a compact, mobile computational platform and a medical imaging device that fits in the palm of a hand.

The Mobile Solar Computer Classroom is helping 100 children a day in Uganda to gain computer skills that will help them find jobs, boost the local economy and give them a more promising future.