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by Bruce Brown | October 20, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
The ability to grasp, pick up, and carry not only distinguishes us from most other species, but it also represents a major measure of our quality of life. Hand grip has relevance to work, leisure, and daily living. According to Swedish Medical...
by Alfred Poor | October 20, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
One of our favorite themes here at Health Tech Insider is how the “quantified self” movement is going to produce mountains of Big Data that can be mined to find useful correlations. This will lead to earlier diagnosis and more effective treatment of...
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by Bruce Brown | October 17, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
The potential of a brain-computer interface (BCI) is at once exciting and amazing, if seemingly out of reach. The technology to hook up specific areas of the brain to control the motion of an external device promises freedom for many people with injured or missing...
by Alfred Poor | October 13, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
“Horses sweat, men perspire, and women glow.” This holdover from the Victorian era may be guilty of splitting hairs at the expense of science, but the fact remains that the natural secretions of human skin are much more than just salt water. They are a...
by Alfred Poor | October 13, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
“Horses sweat, men perspire, and women glow.” This holdover from the Victorian Era may split hairs on behalf of social sensibilities at the expense of science, but the fact remains that human skin secrets fluids that is much more than just salty water. It...
by Bruce Brown | October 12, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Strapping a wristband, hanging a lanyard, or putting on a pin or headwear to measure monitor health metrics may sound like no big deal. But remembering and the extra effort required to add a wearable to one’s daily outfit are real-life compliance obstacles. What...
