![Another Exoskeleton Helps Paralyzed Patients [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/03/Ekso-exoskeleton.jpg?resize=600%2C280)
by Alfred Poor | March 13, 2015 | Health, Medical
We’ve written about ReWalk Robotics exoskeleton here in the past, and while that has the distinction of being the first such device approved for personal use in the United States, it is not the only such system available. Ekso Bionics also makes a similar device...
by Alfred Poor | March 12, 2015 | Health, Medical
Bipedal walking is a bit of a miracle. Just ask anyone who has tried to program a robot to perform a human-style gait. There’s the problem of balancing on one foot while the other sweeps forward, as your body weight shifts from the heel of your foot to the toes....
![Wearable Monitor Helps Parkinson’s Patients [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/03/Parkinsons-monitor.jpg?resize=600%2C267)
by Alfred Poor | March 4, 2015 | Medical
Parkinson’s is a debilitating neurological disease that attacks the motor skills of patients, which can make it difficult for them to walk. A group of European researchers led by a team at the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya in Spain have developed a mobile...
by Alfred Poor | February 25, 2015 | Enabling Tech, Fitness
Professional athletes are wearing Health Tech devices during training and competition to help monitor their performance to get maximum results. Oceans of data are analyzed instantly to check to see if an individual is tiring or dehydrated, or may have an injury or...
![CES 2015: A Modular Wearable Computer [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/01/Hiris.jpg?resize=599%2C267)
by Alfred Poor | January 27, 2015 | Fitness, Health
Lots of products at CES 2015 don’t exist. Some are waiting to go into production, while some remain little more than a gleam in their creator’s eye. Somewhere between these two extremes lies HIRIS. The team behind it has been working on it for a few years,...
