iPads help late-speaking children with autism develop language

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The iPad you use to check email, watch episodes of Mad Men and play Words with Friends may hold the key to enabling children with autism spectrum disorders to express themselves through speech.

TREWGrip Handheld Keyboard For iPhone And iPad (Kickstarter)

Put your hands down on your keyboard. Now pick them up and rotate them as if you’re about to hold an iPad in landscape mode.

NACD Home Speech Therapist brings apraxia therapy to the iPad

Speech Therapy for Apraxia - NACD Home Speech Therapist is an iPad tool designed to improve speech sound productions and motor speech planning skills in people with apraxia, a speech disorder in which a person knows what they want to say, but has difficulty speaking the correct sounds, syllables, and words.

Surgery Patients Embrace New-Age Wonder Drug: The iPad

When 10-year-old Charlie Cagann went to Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago to have his adenoid removed, he was nervous about the surgery. But when he arrived at the hospital, there was something to help take his mind off things: an iPad.

Apple posts new video: Making a difference, one app at a time

Apple has just posted a new video to its YouTube channel titled “Making a difference. One app at a time.” The nine minute video highlights ways that developer’s apps change people’s lives.

Hospital calculates return on iPad investment at nine days

If you've been around the medical profession, you have probably seen an explosion of iPads. Doctors I've talked to say they are easy to carry around, and the iPad mini in particular seems a great fit for pockets. Meanwhile, companies that write software for medical uses are quickly creating apps that are iPad-friendly.

As medicine goes digital, Apple's iPad is top choice among doctors

As physician practices and hospitals are increasingly required to bring their operations into the present with digitized records, Apple's iPad is the device of choice when it comes to doctors interacting with health records, a new study shows.

First Professional Microscope Released for iPhone and iPad

Bodelin Technologies claims it has released the first professional microscope attachment for the iPhone and iPad. Aimed at science students, crime scene investigators, dermatologists and more.

Quantum International develops medical testing software for Apple iPad

Cutting-edge technology company Quantum International Corp. announced today that it has begun development on an innovative new accessory for the Apple iPad that could potentially revolutionize mobile medical testing.

Telemedicine Robot by iRobot May be Coming to a Hospital Near You

RP-VITA can navigate to your room to put you in touch with a doctor, and it's being used in everything from newborn care to stroke treatment.

Adobe to bring Lightroom-style photo editing to tablets

Bringing its technology for processing raw photos to mobile devices, then linking it with cloud services could be a step toward Lightroom on mobile.