Healthcare tech that changes lives

Singapore

EARLIER this year, the MIT Technology Review invited Bill Gates to curate its list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies for 2019. From blood tests that predict a pregnant woman's risk of delivering a preemie to a tiny, swallowable device that can capture images of an infant's gut without the need for anaesthesia, this list is a good indication of how we will "invent the future".

In his introduction to the 2019 list, Mr Gates makes a prescient observation - technologies that alleviate chronic disease will be a big theme in a few years from now. Indeed, an undercurrent of revolutionary health technology is already propelling us into the future, changing lives of people with chronic conditions.