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Keep up to date with all our news, blogs, customer stories and press releases.

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Keep up to date with all our news, blogs, customer stories and press releases.

How user-friendly experiences will democratise digital biomarkers

Digital biomarkers are the next frontier of healthcare. But why aren’t people talking about user-friendly experiences for this new technology? Find out why it is a major hurdle, key challenges and strategies to achieving a democratised future of digital biomarkers.

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Bringing a connected container fleet to life

Sony Network Communications Europe will expand its business dedicated to logistics technology through a collaboration with Ocean Network Express (“ONE”). The collaboration centres around the development of a new smart container solution intended to be implemented across ONE’s global container fleet – the sixth largest container shipping line in the world.

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Taking supply chain collaboration to heart

A new partnership between supply chain visibility platform provider FourKites and Sony Network Communications Europe will help more customers use Visilion from Sony to uncover supply chain blind spots with real-time data on cargo location and condition.

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Our new survey finds changing attitudes towards remote health monitoring for managing chronic conditions

The COVID-pandemic has had a significant impact on healthcare systems and patients around the world. Not least chronic condition patients, who already face numerous challenges in their daily lives. In 2020, the mSafety team conducted a survey on attitudes towards specialised remote health monitoring devices. Now, a second survey follows up on those results in 2022. What has changed over these two impactful years regarding remote health monitoring and telehealth?

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How will remote monitoring evolve in the future?

In this interview with Anders Strömberg, mSafety’s Head of Wearable Platform Division, we asked what’s on the horizon for remote monitoring in general, and for mSafety specifically. Discover how the technology could be used to deliver a more holistic picture of user’s health picture, support earlier diagnosis of health conditions, and provide deeper insights into patient’s needs.

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How to overcome the main challenges of remote monitoring in healthcare?

Many of today’s care providers are looking to continuous remote monitoring solutions to enhance access to patients’ daily health, deliver better care to more patients and lower costs. But many of the solutions currently available are too complex for end users and lack flexibility for service providers. In this interview with mSafety’s product manager, Andreas Hallonsten, we asked what he sees as the main challenges, and how mSafety is addressing them.

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The design of the mSafety wearable – nothing left to chance

Would you wear a device on your wrist that was very obviously part of your healthcare plan? Probably not. You would probably prefer an unobtrusive wearable that gave nothing away, while enabling the service you and your healthcare provider want. Read more about how the mSafety design team overcame the challenges to create the kind of connected health monitoring device you would be happy to wear.

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Regional project puts mSafety to the test

A health initiative in southern Sweden is using Sony’s mSafety to help improve the independence and quality of life of patients who’ve had kidney transplants. The overall goal of the project is to evaluate the use of IoT tools in the healthcare context. Read the article to find out more.

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Easy wireless upgrades with FOTA

As a provider of remote monitoring services on wearable devices, you need to keep track of your whole fleet and ensure its firmware is always up to date. To make device management and software updates as easy and straightforward as possible, Sony’s mSafety platform provides firmware-over-the-air (FOTA). Find out more about the value of FOTA in mSafety here.

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On-time vaccine deliveries with Visilion

Visilion trackers are being applied on trucks used to distribute vaccine to trace their exact position in real-time. Knowing where the vaccine is, and exactly when it will be delivered is crucial for planning and rollout of the vaccine to as many people as possible – in the shortest time possible.

 

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8 West develops remote monitoring applications with Sony’s mSafety

Combining a purpose-built device with a solid back-end solution, the mSafety platform allows companies interested in remote monitoring to develop their own mobile health and safety IoT services. And that is exactly what the Irish enterprise software development company, 8 West Consulting, has done. In fact, they have created a whole suite of applications based on Sony’s customisable, connected 4G/5G wearable platform, to help keep people safe.

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Getting data on the ground, with Visilion flight mode

Many manufacturing companies struggle with tracking of goods and assets during air shipments. When waiting for sensitive or time-critical deliveries, they and their customers may be left wondering: ‘Has the plane taken off, or landed yet?’, ‘Was the cargo handled properly during the flight?’, ‘Did temperatures stay within a safe envelope?’. In the case of critical spare parts, the answers to these questions can have a major impact on the receiver’s production line. Find out how Visilion for logistics’ new flight mode feature improves visibility of this elusive link in the transport chain.

 

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From diabetes app to fully-fledged remote monitoring platform

In 2016, Senior Researcher Claes Nilsson pitched an idea for a new diabetes app in a competition organised by the Sony Startup Acceleration Program (SSAP). His idea won the competition and was successfully incubated by Sony. 

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Innovations in remote monitoring make home-based senior care simpler and more effective

COVID-19-related deaths in senior care facilities have outpaced those in all other settings, which means that more and more people now choose and, in some cases, have no choice but to care for their elderly at home. In an article published in MedCity News, mSafety’s Arnol Rios considers how the latest innovations in wearable technologies and IoT can help caregivers address the challenges of providing cost-efficient easy-to-manage home-based care.

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Get back to the office with Nimway – A smart office solution from Sony

5 ways you can maintain social distancing using Nimway's technology.

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