Health is not being left behind in the tech revolution, as shown by the rich presence of HealthTech at VivaTech. One corner of the show almost looked like a hospital of the future, with devices worthy of medical science fiction. The French startup Bodyo thus unveiled Buddyo, an autonomous medical kiosk capable of measuring blood pressure, ECG, blood sugar, or cholesterol in just a few minutes. This connected health station aims to combat medical deserts by focusing on prevention and telemedicine, all enriched with AI and even an SOS button vivatechnology.com. In another register, the Korean startup Mandro presented its low-cost robotic prosthetics, offering amputees functional bionic arms for ten times less than traditional prostheses vivatechnology.comvivatechnology.com. A revolution for the accessibility of assistive technologies. Mental health was not forgotten: the French-American startup EMOBOT impressed with its continuous emotion analysis tool based on AI, capable of detecting mood disorders through facial expressions and voice vivatechnology.com. Intended for clinics, it promises proactive monitoring of depression and other disorders affecting 280 million people worldwide vivatechnology.com. Finally, one of the most moving innovations was undoubtedly the Ashirase device, a guidance system for the visually impaired that attaches to the shoe and guides the user through vibrations in the foot vivatechnology.com. Developed by Honda, this concept from Japan allows blind people to move around the city without using a cane or voice GPS. All of these HealthTech solutions share the same goal: making care earlier, more accessible, and personalized. Whether it’s prevention, compensation for disabilities, or therapeutic monitoring, technology is asserting itself as the precious ally of a health system in search of efficiency and humanity.
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written by Marie Pezé
