by Alfred Poor | October 3, 2014 | Fitness
A fitness band can tell you how many steps you’ve taken (more or less) and some may even be able to monitor your heartbeat, but if you want a serious workout, you need to listen to your muscles. That’s the idea behind the smart clothing from Athos....
by Alfred Poor | October 2, 2014 | Enabling Tech
The future of wearable Health Tech is all about data: collecting it, distributing it, analyzing it, and using it to drive better choices about our personal activities and treatment of health conditions including heart disease, diabetes, and more. One of the big...
by Alfred Poor | October 2, 2014 | Medical
Researchers at Swiss Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) have been working on developing new ways to help paralyzed patients walk again. Humans who have been paralyzed for a long tome have been able to move their legs in response to electrical stimulation...
by Alfred Poor | October 1, 2014 | Enabling Tech
One of the most important sensors in a mobile or wearable device can be a microphone. Without it, a telephone can’t hear you when you speak. Wearable devices can not only process spoken information, but can also work with ambient noises in the wearer’s...
by Alfred Poor | October 1, 2014 | Fitness, Health, Medical
It should come as no surprise that sales of wearable technology devices are on the rise, but the adoption is happening at a breathtaking pace. A new study from Juniper Research in the UK predicts that unit sales worldwide will quadruple by 20117. According to a...