“Close” Is Not Good Enough for AI in Healthcare [video]

by Alfred Poor | October 24, 2019 | Enabling Tech, Health, Medical

If you’re a frequent reader of Health Tech Insider (or better yet, a subscriber to our free weekly email newsletter), you know that we’re cheerleaders for artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare because it has the potential to save lives and lower costs...

Depth Sensors Monitor Stroke Rehab Progress

by Bruce Brown | October 18, 2019 | Enabling Tech

Each year, more than 795,000 people in the U.S. suffer a stroke, about 75% of which are first strokes. Stroke is also the leading cause of serious disability and results in reduced mobility more than 50% of the time for survivors who are 65 and older, according to the...

AI Predicts Kidney Disease in Cats

by Bruce Brown | October 17, 2019 | Enabling Tech

We don’t typical cover health tech for pets, but the potential cross-over for humans sometimes makes a story relevant for our audience. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the leading cause of death for cats over five years of age, according to a 2015 study...

Tiny Pump Makes Blood Pressure Easier [video]

by Bruce Brown | October 16, 2019 | Enabling Tech

Ambulatory blood pressure measurement (ABPM) is more accurate and therefore more useful than anecdotal measurement in clinical settings, especially those that require 24-hour monitoring. The American Heart Association’s recent scientific statement on blood...

Haptic Artificial Skin Aids Rehab and VR

by Bruce Brown | October 14, 2019 | Enabling Tech

Ongoing work with touch-sensitive artificial skin at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has great promise for gaming, training, and medical rehabilitation. Scientists at the French technology education and research institution recently published their...

Soft Robot Follows Light [video]

by Bruce Brown | October 7, 2019 | Enabling Tech

What do jellyfish and moths have in common? They both move toward light. Phototaxis, a natural phenomenon by which organisms move toward or away from light, explains why the two quite different animals are attracted to light. Scientists at the UCLA Samueli School of...