by Alfred Poor | October 13, 2014 | Enabling Tech
Health Tech for $500 and the win, please Alex. The question is “What is IBM Watson technology good for?” Three years ago, Watson won the TV quiz show Jeopardy! Its ability to process natural language and apply cognitive computing technology has proven to...
by Alfred Poor | October 10, 2014 | Enabling Tech
We have extolled the wonders of graphene here before; there seems to be no end of what these single-atom-thick sheets of carbon can do. And now comes word from MIT of a new development that expands the potential of this miracle material even further. Carbon is an...
by Alfred Poor | October 7, 2014 | Enabling Tech
Do you have a hankering to create your own wearable Health Tech devices? If you’ve got that MAKER spirit, then Arduino has some good news for you; at Maker Faire Rome, the company previewed the Arduino Gemma which is the product of a collaboration with...
by Alfred Poor | October 3, 2014 | Enabling Tech
The market tracking firm IHS forecasts rapid growth in displays for wearable devices. Not all devices need a display, but for many categories — such as smartwatches — the display more or less defines the user’s interaction with the system. A rigid...
by Alfred Poor | October 2, 2014 | Enabling Tech
The future of wearable Health Tech is all about data: collecting it, distributing it, analyzing it, and using it to drive better choices about our personal activities and treatment of health conditions including heart disease, diabetes, and more. One of the big...
by Alfred Poor | October 1, 2014 | Enabling Tech
One of the most important sensors in a mobile or wearable device can be a microphone. Without it, a telephone can’t hear you when you speak. Wearable devices can not only process spoken information, but can also work with ambient noises in the wearer’s...