How wearable health tech could help catch breast cancer

Coupled with AI, health data from wearables could significantly improve survival rates. This MIT professor is developing a device to do just that.

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ZDNET's key takeaways 

• Wearable health tech could one day detect breast cancer. 
• MIT is developing a device that monitors the condition and anomalies. 
• The device is radiation-free, non-invasive, and accurate within seconds. 

Wearable health technology is expanding beyond smartwatches and fitness trackers -- it could one day detect and address conditions like breast cancer, according to MIT Media Arts and Sciences Associate Professor Dr. Canan Dagdeviren.

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Dagdeviren specializes in flexible devices that can be laminated to areas of the body, whether that's skin, breast, or even the brain. On a recent segment with Bloomberg, Dr. Dagdeviren discussed ...