by William McCleary | November 28, 2022 | Medical
The line between wearable activity trackers and clinical-grade health monitors seems to be getting blurrier by the day. A new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University shows that consumer activity-tracking wearables may support clinical care. The...
by William McCleary | November 25, 2022 | Enabling Tech
It acts like a brain and feels like skin. And unlike smartwatches, this flexible device doesn’t need to send the data that it collects to another device for analysis. Instead, this recently developed AI chip from researchers at the University of Chicago’s...
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by William McCleary | November 23, 2022 | Enabling Tech, Medical
While they’ve long been the stuff of sci-fi flicks — from Aliens and Avatar to Iron Man and Robocop, just to name a few — exoskeletons are increasingly prevalent in the real world. And they serve especially well in two areas: strokes and aging. According to the...
by William McCleary | November 21, 2022 | Enabling Tech
What can 3D imaging tell us about the health of the human body? Lots. The motion capture of one’s gait has the potential to serve as a digital biomarker that identifies disease progression and rehabilitation outcomes, while 3D tracking can identify problematic...
by William McCleary | November 18, 2022 | Health
Does a little electrical head stimulation make meditation easier? The folks at Bodhi NeuroTech say yes; the South Carolina-based tech startup is planning the launch of a headset that delivers gentle electrical currents designed to activate areas of the brain that are...
