RISING - Season 5 Episode 7 Wearable Bladder Buffer: Digital Healthcare Pioneer - Atsushi Nakanishi
At the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, USA, top plaudits went to a wearable ultrasound sensor that provides users with mobile notifications of bladder fullness. Based on the personal experience of developer Atsushi Nakanishi, the device aims to help an estimated 500 million people worldwide who suffer from urinary incontinence. And this groundbreaking tool is already improving quality of life for both staff and patients in care and rehabilitation settings in Japan and overseas.
First Air Date: Apr 02, 2015
Last Air date: Mar 15, 2023
Season: 9 Season
Episode: 137 Episode
Runtime: 28 minutes
IMDb: 5.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 5.869
Language: Japanese, English
Episode
Safer, Smarter Coaches: Transport Innovator - Koji Hirayama
Flying Cars: Next-Generation Vehicles, Now! - Personal Aviation Pioneer, Tsubasa Nakamura
Prolonging Healthy Lifespans: Mobility Aid Pioneer - Hideaki Tamada
Affordable Aquatic EVs: Electric Vehicle Innovator - Hideo Tsurumaki
Smart Fabrics Saving Lives: Wearable Tech Innovator - Ayumu Mitera
Waste-Battling Hero for the Digital Age: Eco-Entrepreneur - Fujio Kojima
Wearable Bladder Buffer: Digital Healthcare Pioneer - Atsushi Nakanishi
From Waste Produce to Future Food: Vegetable Sheet Creator - Keisuke Soda
Reviving the Home of Traditional Paper: Cultural Reactivator - Takeshi Fujiwara
Putting Slumbering Ideas into Action: Crowdfunding Chief - Ryotaro Nakayama
Brighter Skies for Kyoto Umbrella Craft: Wagasa Innovator - Kotaro Nishibori
Saving the World through the Power of Science: STEM Support Innovator - Yukihiro Maru
Taking Forest Management to the Future: ICT Forestry Pioneer - Hiroyuki Nakamura
Transforming Elder Care through VR: Nursing Tech Pioneer - Kenta Toshima
From Fallow Fields to Fermentation - Lina Sakai
Leap in Progress for Para-Athletics: Prosthetics Engineer - Atsushi Hamada