Binah.ai, the number one provider of AI-powered software that enables video-based measurement of physiological health and wellness parameters, announced its revolutionary ability to measure blood count (hemoglobin levels), blood chemistry (hemoglobin A1C) and lipids (cholesterol total) results by simply having users look at a smartphone camera. "Without a doubt, this is a groundbreaking milestone for Binah.ai, and might be the first step towards bloodless blood tests. Our technology demonstrates promising results in measuring this crucial health data, which, alongside the rest of the vital signs we already deliver, is expected to create a shift in health and wellness monitoring," said David Maman, Co-Founder and CEO of Binah.ai. "Leaping from painful and infrequent blood tests, which billions of people can hardly access, to having them available anytime one needs using just a smartphone camera is pretty revolutionary! Video-based blood tests could have a game-changing impact on the healthcare, insurance and wellness industries. Together, we can help bridge the gaps in healthcare and wellness and ensure that no one gets left behind due to a lack of access," added Maman.

A new artificial intelligence (AI) platform monitors vital signs of employees when they look at their smartphone to see if they're sick. Binah Teams, created by Israeli company Binah, comes in the form of an application for smartphones, as well as tablets, laptops and desktops. Once installed, an employee, student or any other team member just has to look at their device's camera for the AI to determine vital signs like heart rate, oxygen saturation and respiratory rate in a couple of minutes. The results could help a business remotely determine'with medical grade accuracy' if a team member really is ill, although employees couldn't legally be forced to use it. The company stresses that its application'does not save images or input video streams used for measurement' to assuage privacy concerns.

Israeli startup Binah.ai says it has developed technology that turns smartphones into health monitoring devices that can check vital signs including heartrate, oxygen saturation and respiratory rate. The new technology comes as medical care worldwide has been stretched thin by the pandemic and other, longer-term trends, spurring demand for telemedicine and cheaper, more convenient health monitoring solutions. The user just needs to look into the camera to let the company's system measure their vital signs. Our skin is constantly undergoing rapid changes in color, too subtle for us to notice, that reflect our body's physical state and functioning. "Basically we're following around the tiny color changes that are happening to the skin and the tiny color changes indicate the blood flow that is happening below the skin surface," Maman said.

Look into your camera for thirty seconds. You've just given your phone enough information to check your heart rate, oxygen saturation, breathing rate, heart rate variability, blood pressure, stress level, and ten other health indicators at medical grade levels of reliability. Now imagine doing that 50 times a day without even thinking about it. And having the results funneled to your personal medical AI engine to monitor you for any signs of poor health, ready to notify your physician if anything looks out of the ordinary. Like higher temperature, which might indicate a fever, flu ... or Covid-19. That's part of the vision of Binah.ai, an Israeli health startup that uses high-end artificial intelligence and low-end cameras built into all our phones and laptops to continuously monitor health.

Israel-based Binah.ai is one of several companies that are using artificial intelligence to gauge a bevy of vital signals over video. The technology is part of a big push to move healthcare out of the doctor's office and into the home through telemedicine. The company also has plans to eventually add blood pressure to its roster of services. How can an algorithm detect all of these vital signs through a video? Binah.ai has implemented a technology called plethysmography, which uses cameras to detect slight changes in facial coloring that indicate pulse.