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by Alfred Poor | April 18, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
For people with limited vision, the simple task of walking from one place to another can be a big challenge. Canes can be of some help, but they can be clumsy and awkward in crowds or tight quarters, and sometimes people would prefer to use a less obvious aid. The...
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by Bruce Brown | March 29, 2017 | General News, Medical
What is it like to grow old? For most of us, the only way to find out is to get old. Many of us are already there; in 2014 about one person in seven was 65 or older, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Community Services Administration for Community Living...
by Alfred Poor | March 28, 2017 | General News, Medical
We have prosthetic arms and legs to help people who have lost limbs. We have cochlear implants to help people who have lost their hearing. Technology has come up with answers for many different types of physical impairments. Yet one area in particular remains...
by Alfred Poor | February 14, 2017 | General News, Medical
One of the touchstones for futurists is science fiction, and for many, the Star Trek television series in all their iterations presented worlds that could be. In Star Trek: Next Generation, Geordi La Forge (played by LeVar Burton) was blind, but he could see with the...
by Alfred Poor | February 8, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical, Podcast
Here’s the fourth and final installment of Alfred Poor’s Health Tech highlights from CES 2017. In this segment, he covers a pair of vision topics: an inexpensive device for a smartphone that gives an eye exam, and glasses with lenses that change shape so...
