by Alfred Poor | March 25, 2022 | Health, Medical
Millions of people worldwide have impaired vision that has never been diagnosed by a health professional. Heru is a company that hopes to change all that by providing access to automated vision testing and screening, without the aid of a trained physician. The...
by Alfred Poor | March 23, 2022 | Health
Sleep used to be like the weather; everybody talked about it, but nobody did anything to make it better. Sure, we had tips for good “sleep hygiene” but aside from white noise machines to drown out distractions, there were not many technology solutions...
by Alfred Poor | March 22, 2022 | Enabling Tech
When it comes to creating a major innovation, you might not expect it to come from a company that is more than 400 years old. But that’s what’s happening; Piana Technology has developed a material called E/SMART that it hopes will replace much of the 1.3...
by Alfred Poor | March 22, 2022 | Enabling Tech, Health
People are keeping closer track on their bodies, but this typically requires a bunch of gear and time to use it. Want to take your blood pressure? Sit down with a pressure cuff and take a reading. Want to measure your weight and body fat? Step on a smart scale. Or...
by Alfred Poor | March 21, 2022 | Health, Medical
Usually, when you’re recovering from a musculoskeletal (MSK) injury, you’re advised by your healthcare professional to go for lots of physical and occupational therapy sessions. And you could be required to take steroids or do some unassisted strengthening,...