Medical training software, eye tracking, human factors and medical device testing services. Our CEO is @DrMelMckendrick, who is also the head of @HeriotWattMEL
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Humbled to have received such praise from Professor Sunil Bhudia @sbhudia whilst attending at the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery’s Annual Meeting in Newport today. @SCTSUK #eyetracking #surgery #meded #medtech #medtwitter linkedin.com/posts/sunil-bhu…
Pupil size reveals differences between speaking aloud and inner speech.
This approach could therefore help researchers how people use inner speech to calm or motivate themselves, such as when participating in sports or in presentations.
#eyetracking
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A family of deer in the grounds of @HeriotWattUni feeding away during a beautiful Autumn morning.
Engineer brings 'surgineering' mindset to future of medicine #surgery #AI #robotics
phys.org/news/2026-10-surgin… via @physorg_com
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A new study highlights the promising early impact of Sneakers to Scrubs (S2S), a medical pathways program founded by Black medical students and former athletes to address the severe underrepresentation of Black men in medicine.#MedEd
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Fascinating day visting Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for a demonstration of the use of ultrasound in Critical Care and ICU as we start to undertake our next step of understanding expert peformance in the growing clinical applications of the technology.#ExpertPerformance #eyetracking
Fascinating day visting Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for a demonstration of the use of ultrasound in Critical Care and ICU as we start to undertake our next step of understanding expert peformance in the growing clinical applications of the technology.#ExpertPerformance #eyetracking
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Can polarization help eye trackers see what conventional imaging misses?
Our new paper: polarization-resolved imaging reduced 95th-percentile gaze error by 10–16% vs. matched intensity baselines across 346 participants.
doi.org/10.1038/s44172-026-0…
#EyeTracking
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Our CEO @DrMelMckendrick discussing the use of #eyetracking in peformance analysis for medical training and how we might move forward in the future in the use of peformance data to improve training and outcomes for patients. @BJAJournals @pupil_labs
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Our head @DrMelMckendrick discussing the use of #eyetracking in peformance analysis for medical training and how we might move forward in the future in the use of peformance data to improve training and outcomes for patients. @HeriotWattUni @HWPsych
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Our CEO @DrMelMckendrick discussing the use of #eyetracking in peformance analysis for medical training and how we might move forward in the future in the use of peformance data to improve training and outcomes for patients. @BJAJournals @pupil_labs
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@Helenstocks98 and I presenting our poster on Developing CBT-Based Clinical Content for Youth Digital Mental Health Interventions at today’s session of the excellent 4th International @DMHW2026.
@HESmile_project @HeriotWattUni @HWPsych
#DMHW2026 #Digitalmentalhealth #CBT
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It was a pleasure presenting today at the excellent 4th International @DMHW2026 Conference at the @UofGlasgow
#DMHW2026 #digtalmentalhealth #seriousgames #socialanxiety #CBT
@HeriotWattUni @HESmile_project @HWPsych @heriotwatt_soss
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Looking forward to presenting today at the 4th International @DMHW2026 Conference at the @UofGlasgow
#DMHW2026 #digtalmentalhealth #seriousgames #socialanxiety #CBT
@HeriotWattUni @HESmile_project @HWPsych @heriotwatt_soss
The "Leiden Declaration," backed by over 150 professors from across the world including Europe, Japan and the US, warned governments especially not to "believe the hype" about systems' math abilities.
#AI #Artificialintelligence phys.org/news/2026-06-mathem…
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“Just adapt.”
The expectation for left-handed surgeons
10-15% of surgeons are left-handed, yet most instruments are still designed for right-handed use.
This is not preference. It affects precision, comfort, and training.
Adaptation should not be mistaken for inclusion.
🤖 Made with AI
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Microscopic analysis of residues on surgical scissors and tweezers from a 1348–1411 tomb in China, finds the first evidence for the controlled application of a highly toxic chemical as anesthetic, highlighting the sophisticated medicine of the Ming dynasty phys.org/news/2026-05-ancien…
