If the tech world was a baseball game, the rules would change every time a new player stepped onto the field, a seasoned pitcher unveiled a new pitch, or a spectator entered the stadium. That’s basically how we won $100,000 + $5.4 million in R&D for the XPRIZE we’d already been disqualified for. Here’s how…
Cloud DXVITALITI Sometimes a client arrives with challenging work. Others arrive with a moonshot. Overview Vitaliti The future has arrived. VITALITI is a “doctor in a box” – a wearable medical device paired with a diagnostic basestation that can diagnose 19 chronic medical conditions, monitor all 5 human vital signs, and stream that data to…
Recognition our work has won for our clients About Us Human-centred design manifests itself in every element of what we do. As an award-winning ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 design firm established in 1999, Cortex develops products that advance the human experience. Our clients engage us when they need a flexible, responsive team to augment…
In the world of highly-calibrated, fluid-based diagnostics, human-centric design can be the difference between a product that succeeds and one that fails. At every scale and in every kind of product, there are opportunities for designers to improve outcomes by thinking deeply about the human. This is true whether you’re designing large, complex machinery or…
Some awesome news to wrap up 2019: we’re proud to announce that Cortex clients Cloud DX and AceAge have been selected as part of Canada’s first Amazon Alexa accelerator cohort. Both companies won entrance to Canada’s first and only Amazon-collaborated business accelerator after entering a nation-wide competition. This new program, run by the Accelerator Centre…
The Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE is a $10 million global competition to stimulate innovation and integration of precision diagnostic technologies, helping consumers make their own reliable health diagnoses anywhere, anytime. Later this year the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE will announce its winners. The VITALITI Health Monitoring System has been named a top-7 finalist in the prestigious $10M…
“It creates a discipline and an internal corporate culture that can help you grow. -Robert Kaul Medical products are entering the consumer space at a growing rate, providing safer and more effective health outcomes for the public. For prospective device manufacturers, it’s important to understand the impact that quality certifications like ISO-13485 have on the…