7. Verily
Description- In the truest of senses, this project is a superstar, because it works towards some of the most strenuous problems. With one major perception, that is to make use of the forwardness of the tech like machine learning, the miniaturization of sensors, and wearable devices and such, to build into something that health professionals can proactively use in their treatment of disease. Right from 2012, they invested in several projects that could better the detection, prevention, and management of disease and earlier known as Google Life Sciences, the conglomeration of projects became Alphabet company Verily Life Sciences in 2015. It essentially puts tech and data science to work on diseases and more health problems that pose as an obstacle in people leading healthier lives. They take into account some of the substantial challenges in healthcare and use expertise in science, engineering, and medicine with a startup spirit to work closely with their partners to challenge convention and relentlessly pursue fresh breakthroughs against common diseases and other global health problems.
Interesting Facts:
- They combine expertise from various fields and sciences which includes biology to electrical engineering, chemistry to computer science, physics to materials design.
- Their teams had a fair share of knowledge about the technology and experience of running laboratories building diagnostic tools, and operating in clinical environments.
- Their investigation, with the use of miniaturized electronics- small chips and sensors the size of glitter paved way to the creation of a smart contact lens prototype with a possible potential to provide accurate measurements of biological markers in the human eye.
- A theory by them suggests creation of a device that could detect disease earlier.
- Another device they worked on was an assistive tech that could help those with hand tremor or limited hand and arm mobility, eat.