by Alfred Poor | September 3, 2019 | Enabling Tech, Fitness, Health, Medical
A few years ago, you could strap a hand-soldered circuit board onto a wrist strap and grab headlines. Fortunately, the feeding frenzy over wearable technology has subsided somewhat, but that doesn’t mean that this maturing industry has stalled. To the contrary,...
by Alfred Poor | September 2, 2019 | Health, Medical
We first covered ResApp more than three years ago. The company has developed a smartphone app that can diagnose the different types of childhood coughs, simply by analyzing a sound sample recorded by a phone. It can distinguish between lower respiratory tract disease,...
by Alfred Poor | August 22, 2019 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
Powered exoskeletons are no longer exist just in the realm of science fiction. They are already in use, tackling a wide range of missions for healthcare, industry, and military applications. They can shield factory workers from injury while enhancing their strength....
by Alfred Poor | August 21, 2019 | Medical
The Veterans Administration (VA) has taken its lumps in recent years for shortcomings in delivering health services to veterans. The agency is charged with charged with providing services for more than 9 million patients across the country. About one third live in...
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by Alfred Poor | August 20, 2019 | General News, Health
We’ve written about sweat sensors many times in the past. Researchers have good reasons to search for biometric data from sweat; the material is readily available and does not require invasive procedures to acquire. In addition to the familiar salts, sweat...
