by Bruce Brown | July 4, 2022 | Health, Medical
Engineers at the University of Missouri’s MU College of Engineering took pandemic-mandated public mask-wearing to another level. Going beyond filtering incoming and outgoing breath, the newly-developed a smart face mask can monitor the wearer’s health by...
by Bruce Brown | June 30, 2022 | Medical
Following FDA clearance for its long-lasting Eversense E3 CGM System (continuous glucose monitoring) earlier this year, Senseonics’ Ascensia Diabetes Care division announced CE Mark approval for the platform. Alfred Poor first wrote about FDA approval for the...
by Bruce Brown | June 28, 2022 | Enabling Tech, Health
Brain-computer-interfaces (BCI) and artificial intelligence (AI) have the potential to make giant strides advancing human prosthetics. We previously covered a project at the Georgia Institute of Technology that developed an AI-powered prosthesis that restored a...
by Bruce Brown | June 27, 2022 | Health, Medical
“Digital therapeutics” (DTx) isn’t just a new buzz word. This is a new category of medical interventions that are delivered directly to patients, typically in their homes, using apps running on smartphones or other digital devices. Two groups, the...
by Bruce Brown | June 23, 2022 | Health
Hearables account for a growing segment of the wearables market. In 2021, IDC predicted hearables would dominate the double-digit growth in wearables overall through 2024. Most developers in the hearables category focus on devices, in categories such as earbuds,...