by Alfred Poor | March 4, 2015 | Enabling Tech, Health
We’ve written about exoskeleton robotics as means of providing assistance to the injured and the infirm, but strapping on a metal framework may be more than some patients want or need. A group at the University of Bristol’s Department of Engineering and...
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by Alfred Poor | March 3, 2015 | Enabling Tech
One major problem with wearable Health Tech devices is that they tend to be small. This is good, because it helps them “disappear” into the background of our daily lives. On the other hand, it makes it difficult for design engineers to come up with a...
by Alfred Poor | March 3, 2015 | Fitness, Health, Medical
Along with the rapid growth in wearable Health Tech devices, there has been a parallel growth in the conferences and exhibitions devoted to this and related markets. One worthy of note is the Connected Health Summit to be hosted by the industry research firm, Parks...
by Alfred Poor | March 2, 2015 | Enabling Tech
One of the biggest questions that a wearable Health Tech device can ask is “Where am I?” Depending on the application, changes in location can make a big difference; did the wearer just go upstairs or downstairs to another level in the building? Is the...
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by Alfred Poor | March 2, 2015 | Health, Medical
Sometimes you have to walk before you run. Wearable Health Tech devices owe a lot to handheld mobile devices, and the AliveCor Heart Monitor is one of those devices that points to possible wearable solutions in the near future. It provides an FDA-approved two-lead...
