by Alfred Poor | August 16, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Wearable Health Tech devices need new user interface technology. Traditional keyboards and mice don’t get the job done, and even touchscreens can be a problem when there’s limited physical space available. There’s no single “best”...
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by Alfred Poor | July 11, 2017 | General News, Medical
The human brain is an amazing thing, but when it doesn’t work when it gets disconnected from other parts of the body. If it can’t communicate with the eyes, a person goes blind. When it loses contact with the ears, the person goes deaf. And if the...
by Alfred Poor | June 26, 2017 | General News, Medical
You may never have heard of “dancing eyes;” the condition affects about one in 400 people, and causes the eyes to go through a rhythmic oscillation in a flickering motion. It has the formal name of nystagmus, and can arise from a variety of causes. It...
by Bruce Brown | May 5, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Work in biologic implants proceeds at a fast pace on many fronts. We’ve covered 3D printed cartilage implants to repair knees at Duke University, research in South Korea to create implants to deliver drugs, and work at the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical...
by Alfred Poor | April 26, 2017 | General News, Medical
Researchers are making further advances in creating an artificial retina to restore vision for some people with severely limited vision. In this case, scientists at Okayama University have conducted animal trials to demonstrate the effectiveness of a new technology....
