by William McCleary | October 17, 2022 | Health
They’re calling it “the world’s first smart heart wearable.” A big claim from the health-tech company Fourth Frontier for its Frontier X2 device, which takes the idea of ECG sensors found in smartwatches such as the Apple Watch and the Google Pixel...
by William McCleary | October 14, 2022 | Enabling Tech
Might breath be the way diabetes sufferers say goodbye to finger pricks for measuring blood glucose levels? Don’t hold yours just yet, but researchers at Canada’s University of Waterloo have created a diabetes-monitoring device that uses gas sensors to...
by William McCleary | October 12, 2022 | Health, Medical
The FDA and the VA have a new MOU — and it spells good things for emerging health tech. This new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a joint effort between the two...
by William McCleary | October 10, 2022 | Enabling Tech
Laser wristwatches are nothing new to James Bond fans who have watched 007 use his laser-enabled watch to cut his way out of a few jams. But laser tech is relatively new to health-monitoring wearables in the consumer market. And Laserland looks like where we’re...
by William McCleary | October 7, 2022 | Health, Medical
Often caused by imbalanced levels of acid in the mouth, tooth decay is a widespread problem almost without equal; the World Health Organization calls untreated tooth decay the planet’s most common health condition, with oral disease affecting nearly 3.5 billion...