Mike Snider, USA TODAY 12:37 p.m. EST November 12, 2013 Walter De Brouwer, founder and CEO of Scanadu, with the Scanadu Scout medical device.(Photo: Gabriela Hasbun)Medical device maker Scanadu has some gotten a healthy boost in partners and funding.The company has announced an influx of $10.5 million in Series A funding from investors including Relay Ventures[1], Vegas TechFund[2] and Ame Cloud Ventures, founded by Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang. This follows Scanadu's Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign[3] that raised nearly $1.7 million.Scanadu[4] will use the funds to increase its employees to 30 -- it's now at 19, says founder and CEO Walter De Brouwer -- as well as build prototypes of the Scanadu Scout, the company's Bluetooth-enabled medical scanning device. Those will be used in upcoming clinical trials at the Scripps Translational Science Institute[5].CHANGE AGENTS: Walter De Brouwer's magical tricorder[6]The Scout scans vital signs including temperature, respiratory rate, heart rate, blood pressure and sends readings to a smart phone. However, the first trial will initially focus on patients achieving optimal blood pressure levels. The Scanadu Scout is a vital sign monitor that analyzes, tracks and trends your vitals - temperature, respiratory rate, oximetry, ECG, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure - in 10 seconds.(Photo: Scanadu)Testing is needed to eventually get approval from the Food and Drug Administration for the device's approval. Original Indiegogo supporters are among those who can participate in the trial.The goal, De Brouwer says, is for patients and medical care providers to be able to share data electronically, without constant face-to-face appointments. "They can both use the same data," he says. "This is very very important. Like a thermometer, the doctor asks what your temperature was, he doesn't say, 'Let's use my thermometer'."The company, which has also set up a medical advisory board, is among the contestants in Qualcomm's…

Rem Rieder, USA TODAY 9:55 a.m. EST November 7, 2013 Henry Blodget, Business Insider's CEO and editor-in-chief(Photo: Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY)Story HighlightsFormer 'New York Observer' editor Aaron Gell will oversee the narrative venture'Business Insider' drew positive reviews for its ambitious profile of Yahoo's Marissa MayerCEO Henry Blodget sees a market for long-form articles in the digital spaceOne of the most intriguing aspects of the evolution of digital journalism is watching sites that spend much of their energy chasing clickbait augment their menus with serious journalism.That's been the case at The Huffington Post, which has a Pulitzer to show for its enterprise reporting[1], and BuzzFeed, which has added political coverage[2], long-form narratives, foreign bureaus and now investigative reporting to its off-the wall collection of lists and charticles.Now Business Insider[3], a much-visited site that covers business and tech with what might be called a BuzzFeedian flair, is making a similar foray. It's going into the long-form journalism business and has hired an experienced magazine editor to spearhead the operation[4].There was once a day when it was accepted wisdom that people would not read long stories online, that this was purely the domain of the short attention span. But like the notion that people wouldn't pay for digital journalism, that tenet has gone the way of the floppy disk and Blockbuster[5].There are a couple of reasons for the welcome return of narrative. People are much more comfortable reading longer pieces on tablets and mobile apps than they were on desktops. And the rise of social media created an ideal way for building an audience. A finely crafted magazine-style piece is just the thing many people want to share with friends.I asked Henry Blodget, Business Insider's CEO and editor-in-chief, about the decision to take his website into the expensive, labor-intensive but oh-so-rewarding long-form game."Digital…

Nenad Tadic, USA TODAY College 12:31 p.m. EDT November 2, 2013 Getting young women interested and immersed in computer science programs comes at a time when one million new jobs in tech-related fields will be created in the next decade.(Photo: Getty Images/Fuse)Story HighlightsJust about 2% of women have a degree in a high-tech field, according to Catalyst.A quarter of all Americans in computer-related occupations are women.Just 37% of this year's freshman class at Georgia Tech is female.And that's increase over previous years, thanks in part to the school's dedicated women's recruitment team. Comprised of 75 current Georgia Tech students and an advisor, the team's initiatives include speaking at high schools, hosting online chats and setting up campus visit events."It's a whole, broad push," says Laura Diamond, spokesman for Georgia Tech. We want girls to be thinking about STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) overall, she explains.At the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), a number of the school's upper level leadership is female, including the dean of the engineering school, which means the school has the responsibility to recruit talented young women, says April Welch, acting director of graduate admissions.Getting young women interested and immersed in computer science programs comes at a time when one million new jobs in tech-related fields will be created in the next decade.But fewer women are going into these fields[1]. Just about 2% of women have a degree in a high-tech field, according to[2] Catalyst.Currently, a quarter of all Americans in computer-related occupations are women, compare that figure to countries like Oman and Qatar, whose governments emphasize[3] girls' education and STEM fields.How can American colleges and universities get women interested in computer science and tech — and how can schools ensure their success?These are questions Harvey Mudd College President Maria Klawe has been tackling for the past…