by Alfred Poor | October 27, 2016 | General News, Medical
Telemedicine has the potential to save lives and improve outcomes while driving down overall healthcare costs. One possible avenue to these gains is to avoid expensive and time-consuming office or hospital visits by sending healthcare workers to the homes of patients...
by Alfred Poor | October 27, 2016 | General News, Health
Heroes are those who run into a burning building while everyone else is running out. Firefighters, paramedics, and other emergency first responders put their bodies and lives on the line in their attempts to save the rest of us. Fortunately, wearable technology is...
by Alfred Poor | October 25, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
We have covered Hexoskin in the past for their smart garments that incorporate sensors that can gather biometric data. The company recently made an announcement that is out of this world; their clothing is headed into space. As part of a $24 million contract with the...
by Alfred Poor | October 24, 2016 | Fitness, General News, Health, Medical
It should come as no surprise that interest in wearable technology has been rising rapidly in recent years. According to the analyst firm IDTechEx, however, we ain’t seen nothing yet. In a recent report, the company estimates that sales for all wearable products...
by Alfred Poor | October 21, 2016 | General News, Health
The “quantified self” strategy only works if you have a way to quantify the self. Wearables — including smart watches — offer a handy way to collect such data, but these tend to be fairly expensive and not everyone sees them as a necessity that...
