by Bruce Brown | September 10, 2020 | Health, Medical
We now have a new way that your smartphone could save your life, using a simple selfie. Conventional camera sales tumbled after the 2007 launch of the first generation Apple iPhone with a 2MP rear camera. Apple’s 2010 iPhone 4 introduction gave the world the...
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by Bruce Brown | September 9, 2020 | Medical
Telemedicine has been a significant success story in the past few years. Telemedical remote access for specialist consults, rehab support, and post-discharge remote patient monitoring are among the early poster applications of the growing technology....
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by Bruce Brown | September 8, 2020 | General News, Health
The scourge of Type 2 diabetes (T2D) continues to blind, maim, and cause premature death for a growing number of people worldwide. From 2000 to 2016, diabetes caused a 5% increase in premature mortality, according to the World Health Organization. During that period,...
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by Bruce Brown | September 7, 2020 | General News, Health
Exoskeletons play increasingly important roles in prosthetics, rehabilitation, and industrial worker augmentation and assistance. Last year FutureWise predicted exoskeletons would become a $4 billion industry by the end of 2026. In June, we wrote about...
by Bruce Brown | September 4, 2020 | Health
After two months of study with more than 100,000 Fitbit users in the trial and 1000+ positive COVID-19 virus reports, Fitbit has released preliminary results from its early disease detection work. The wearables company experts are employing machine learning and...
