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Wireless Healthcare Startups - UCSD Professor Launches Santech

		By Bob Nidever in NEWS_Startups Published: Sunday, 16 November 08 - 11:50 AM (GMT -08:00) Last Updated: Sunday, 16 November 08 - 03:21 PM (GMT -08:00)

" At least four wireless health care startup companies have launched in San Diego. One of those, Santech, is commercializing UCSD technology for weight management, using text messages, sensors and wireless devices.

" Santech uses accelerometers – the technology behind the motion-sensing Nintendo Wii – along with GPS and heart-rate monitors to track a participant's location and activity level. Information is sent from the sensors, via Bluetooth wireless to a phone, which relays it to Santech servers. [unionTribune] MORE
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