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by William McCleary | September 6, 2022 | Health, Medical
Would you call these devices smartwatches or health-tracking wearables? Fitbit continues to blur the line between the two categories with its new fall lineup, featuring updates of the Inspire 3, Versa 4, and Sense 2 devices that combine traditional smartwatch features...
by William McCleary | September 2, 2022 | Medical
Amazon Care won’t make it to see 2023. In an e-mail to Amazon Health Services employees that was picked up by a number of news outlets, Amazon announced that they’re shutting down the three-year-old service by December 31. Among its healthcare services,...
by William McCleary | August 31, 2022 | Enabling Tech
No batteries are required, and you can say so long to Bluetooth or other digital chips. Normally, these components are needed to send bio-signals from a wearable sensor to a smartphone or a tablet. These rigid devices add to the physical bulk and can make the whole...
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by William McCleary | August 29, 2022 | Enabling Tech
What do you get when you combine a well-known Australian swimmer and a British bionics company? It’s not a joke, but rather a combination that gives us great patient advocacy for a remarkable prosthetic: the COVVI Hand. Jessica Smith, a Paralympic swimmer and...
by William McCleary | August 26, 2022 | Enabling Tech
It may seem like something straight out of science fiction — akin to the famed Dune suits that rely on body moisture — but breath-powered gas masks are a reality today. Researchers at Korea’s Chung-Ang University have created just such a device that can power...
