What if your wearable device could save your life? Nanotechnologist Dr. Noushin Nasiri wonders what wearable technology can do for the future of healthcare, giving us the ability to monitor our own well-being before we develop disease and helping our healthcare systems to become more proactive and predictive. The sky is the limit in Noushin's inspiring and hopeful speech. Dr Noushin Nasiri received her PhD in Nanotechnology from the Australian National University (ANU) in 2017. She then took up a postdoctoral position at the University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Science, where she continued to work on nanostructured materials for health and energy. and environmental application.

In 2018, she joined the School of Engineering at Macquarie University as a lecturer and group leader. Her research lies at the intersection of science, technology and engineering, as she focuses on early detection of disease using a single puff of human breath. A wide range of diseases such as diabetes, different types of cancer, liver and kidney failure can all be detected from our breathing alone. In the same way that a police officer can detect if you are drunk with a breathalyzer, it is possible – in the very near future – that we can detect diseases with a simple, non-invasive and quick breathalyzer. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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