7. Diagnosing Alzheimer’s At A Glance, The Stress You Sweat, Bloom’s Better Bioplastics

(0:45) Diagnosing Alzheimer’s At A Glance - Researchers at Duke University have developed a machine learning model capable of successfully differentiating between healthy patients and those with Alzheimer’s using retinal images.(7:00) The Stress You Sweat -EPFL and Xsensio have collaborated to create a wireless sensor using graphene capable of monitoring cortisol levels secreted via sweat in quasi real-time. (12:30) Bloom’s Better Bioplastics -Bloom Biorenewables biomass processing method increases the efficiency of resource extraction from 40% to 75% and enables production of high performance and biodegradable bioplastics.--About the podcast:Every day, some of the most innovative universities, companies, and individual technology developers share their knowledge on Wevolver. To ensure we can also provide this knowledge for the growing group of podcast listeners, we started a collaboration with two young engineers, Daniel Scott Mitchell & Farbod Moghaddam who discuss the most interesting content in this podcast series. To learn more about this show, please visit the shows page. By following the page, you will get automatic updates by email when a new show is published.Be sure to give us a follow and review on Apple podcasts,  Spotify, and most of your favorite podcast platforms! Become a founding reader of our newsletter: http://read.thenextbyte.com/ As always, you can find these and other interesting & impactful engineering articles on Wevolver.com.