by Alfred Poor | February 22, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical
The Recon Jet is one of the head-mounted computing platforms that continues to find success in the corporate market, even though Google Glass got a lot of media attention for its failure to find an initial market. We’ve covered the Jet in the past, but it is one...
by Bruce Brown | February 18, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Sales of smart glasses have not exactly soared. According to the latest number from Statistica, the combined total sales for virtual reality headsets and smart glasses was approximately 100,000 in 2015, expected to be 1 to 2 million in 2016, and 6.3 million in...
by Alfred Poor | February 18, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Cellulose. It’s one of the most common bio-materials on earth. It’s the substance that gives plants the ability to stand up, from blades of grass to might oaks. It’s the by-product of practically all plant food production in the world. And unless...
by Alfred Poor | February 17, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Wearable sensors and related devices are at the heart of the Health Tech revolution, but the question of how to power these systems remains without an optimal answer. One of the attractive solutions is to harvest energy from the surrounding environment to eliminate...
by Bruce Brown | February 16, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
The Health Tech ramp up is extending ever higher in anticipation of great demand and huge market opportunities with consumers and healthcare professionals. With the B2C and B2B opportunities, major companies that you might not expect to see in Health Tech — such...
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by Alfred Poor | February 16, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
One of the most tragic injuries is damage to the spinal cord; the result can be paralysis that leaves the victim trapped forever in a body that will not respond to commands to make it move. When the connection between the brain and body is broken, it is nearly...
