![Smart Safety Vest Can Go Beyond the Job Site [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/Swanholm_Alert_vest_with_video_600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275&ssl=1)
by Bruce Brown | November 7, 2022 | Health
Most wearable biosensor technology stories involve wrist-worn or handheld technology, but Swanholm Technology AB’s Connected Safety Vest is much larger. Originally developed to aid truck driver safety, potential applications for Swanholm’s AI-driven vest...
by Bruce Brown | November 3, 2022 | Health, Medical
This post is as much about the drugs used to reduce pain and anxiety as it is about the benefits of a new solution. Overreliance on opioids and sedatives to control pain and anxiety account for the majority of overdose fatalities in the U.S. According to the CDC, in a...
by Bruce Brown | November 1, 2022 | Medical
Don’t lose your TV remote, because your next house call by a doctor might be coming to a big screen near you. Telehealth services have seen massive growth as a result of the COVID pandemic. We have written about apps that bring primary medical care to patients...
![New Robotic Finger Is More Sensitive Than Human Skin [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/BeBop_Sensors_Roboskin_with_video_600x275-1.jpg?resize=600%2C275&ssl=1)
by Bruce Brown | October 31, 2022 | Enabling Tech
We’ve written about BeBop Sensors, Inc. several times in recent years, primarily covering the Berkeley, California-based company’s fabric sensor systems and haptic gloves. Most recently in May 2022, we wrote about BeBop’s developments with smart...
![Ankle Exoskeleton Learns How You Walk [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/Stanford_Ankle_exoskeleton_with_video_600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275&ssl=1)
by Bruce Brown | October 27, 2022 | Enabling Tech
A prosthetic that’s smarter, faster, and easier than other technologies sounds like a win-win-win. That’s the three-measure goal a group of researchers from the Stanford Biomechatronics Laboratory set for their untethered exoskeleton. Any prosthetic that...
