Health Tags Disappear until Needed [video]

by Bruce Brown | September 12, 2018 | General News, Health

  After the cool factor wears off with health and wellness wearables, ease of use and unobtrusiveness matter more when people move to the next thing and get on with their lives. In order to convince most people to continue to use wearables and to attract new...

Non-Contact Wireless Sensor Aids A.I. Analytics [video]

by Bruce Brown | September 11, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News

Humans are wired for short-term gratification and comfort-seeking behaviors. As documented by a Harvard University dissertation study of The Marshmallow Test, there are no significant cognitive, behavioral, and demographic factors that correlate with delayed...

Smartwatch for Seniors Calls for Help

by Alfred Poor | September 11, 2018 | General News, Health

You are probably aware of the late night television commercials in which an elderly person is on the floor, calling “Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” This is the rallying cry of the personal emergency response system (PERS) companies, who...

Inui Health FDA-Cleared Home Urine Testing

by Bruce Brown | September 10, 2018 | General News, Health

Urine tests can screen for opioid and other controlled substance use, test for HIV, STDs, kidney function, metabolic disorders such as diabetes and hypertension, urinary tract infections, and general health. When we wrote about a home urine test scanner developed by...

Smart Suit Gives Haptic Feedback

by Alfred Poor | September 10, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News

We’ve covered all sorts of exoskeletons that augment or restore a body’s ability to move, but what if you had a suit that could simulate touch? Haptic feedback gives the sensation of something touching you, or of you touching an object. What if you could...

Smart Frames Enforce Good Posture [video]

by Bruce Brown | September 7, 2018 | General News, Health

Personal computers and mobile devices have enriched and empowered our lives in many ways. For many of us, however (raising my hand), all that goodness has come at the cost of healthy posture. “Text neck” is the common term for what my doctors call...