![Talking Signs Tech Helps Visually Impaired in Public Places [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/RightHear_with_video_600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275&ssl=1)
by Bruce Brown | May 30, 2022 | Health
Tel-Aviv-based Konnect, a Volkswagen Group Innovation Hub, recently awarded €25,000 to RightHear to develop a proof of concept to help visually impaired persons access autonomous vehicles. RightHear competed with more than 30 other Israeli startups vying for the...
![Smart Fabric Robot Skin Adds Tactile Awareness [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/BeBop_Sensors_Roboskin_with_video_600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275&ssl=1)
by Bruce Brown | May 26, 2022 | Enabling Tech
Berkeley,-based BeBop Sensors recently introduced a smart fabric sensor technology that can give tactile awareness to robots and prosthetics. BeBop RoboSkin has a sense of touch thanks to taxels: pressure sensors that determine the relative amount of force applied...
by Bruce Brown | May 24, 2022 | Health
Healthcare innovation arms of pharmaceutical giant GSK Consumer Healthcare (GSK CH) and digital design and marketing consultancy R/GA recently announced that applications are open for Re/Wire Health Studio’s second cohort. Re/Wire Health Studio is a healthcare...
![Eye-Measure App Screens for Neurological Disease [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/UCSD_app_image_screens_for_neurological_disease_with_video_600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275&ssl=1)
by Bruce Brown | May 23, 2022 | Medical
Smartphone cameras and apps may soon be indispensable for health and medicine, especially for digital healthcare at home. Clinical-grade biometric sensors, machine-taught algorithms, and cloud-based healthcare platforms empower new smartphone apps to play increasingly...
![Wearables and Music App Helps with MS Gait Deficit [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/digital_therapeutic_MS_gait_deficit_with_video_600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275&ssl=1)
by Bruce Brown | May 19, 2022 | Medical
Yeah, I know, it’s only rock n roll, but I like it. Music may not move everyone, but Portland, Maine-based MedRhythms’ digital therapeutic uses music with sensors and software to help people with neurologic injuries and diseases walk better. MedRhythms and...
