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How tech is creating new hope for epilepsy patients

Andrew Ho • TED@DuPont

As our devices become smaller, faster and cheaper, they make daily tasks more convenient -- and they can also save lives. For epilepsy patients like Andrew Ho's daughter, a typical day can bring dangerous, even fatal, challenges. Ho shares how medical devices currently under development could make it possible for people with different kinds of challenges to lead normal lives. "No longer will they feel isolated and marginalized. No longer will they live in the shadows, afraid, ashamed, humiliated and excluded," he says.

As our devices become smaller, faster and cheaper, they make daily tasks more convenient -- and they can also save lives. For epilepsy patients like Andrew Ho's daughter, a typical day can bring dangerous, even fatal, challenges. Ho shares how medical devices currently under development could make it possible for people with different kinds of challenges to lead normal lives. "No longer will they feel isolated and marginalized. No longer will they live in the shadows, afraid, ashamed, humiliated and excluded," he says.

About the speaker

Andrew Ho

Andrew Ho

Tech evangelist

As a DuPont marketer, Andrew Ho develops new business opportunities in chemical engineering, semiconductors and electronics for electronic materials. His latest project is navigating different solutions that will enable the building of a more powerful computing machine. He believes that better and more affordable technologies will help create a more diverse and inclusive society.

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