by Alfred Poor | January 8, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
A recurring theme here at Health Tech Insider is the question of alternative user interfaces for electronic devices. Due to injury, disease, or other disability, many people are not able to use the traditional mouse, keyboard, or touch pad inputs that are the common...
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by Bruce Brown | January 4, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Are you ready for this? Used chewing gum may play an important role in the development of biosensors. It turns out, according to the American Chemical Society (ACS), that many sensors used on and in the human body to detect various phenomena are stiff solids that...
by Alfred Poor | January 4, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
When you see the term “multi-national corporation,” you probably just think “very big company.” But many of these companies are actually doing important work all around the world. For example, consider IBM Research in Haifa, Israel. Part of IBM...
by Alfred Poor | December 17, 2015 | General News, Health, Medical
In many ways, humans are electrical beings. From nerve impulses to changes in the conductivity of our skin and other body parts, electrical charges play a major role in many of our essential functions. Empatica is a company in Cambridge, MA, that is trying to harness...
by Bruce Brown | December 9, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News
I never had much call for physical therapy until I had complex rotator cuff surgery on both shoulders in the last three years. I now have a much greater appreciation for range of motion, proper alignment, and planes of motion than ever before. When I was in high...
