by Alfred Poor | March 1, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical
In this week’s Health Tech podcast, you can hear about a transistor that uses heat as the switching signal instead of electricity, about a standby switch that uses zero power, and about how stomach acid can be used to power smart pills and other ingestible devices....
by Alfred Poor | February 27, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
We have often made the point that wearable Health Tech devices must “disappear” into our lives if they are going to get widespread adoption. If users have to fuss with connectors and recharging and data transfers and other tasks, they will soon grow tired...
by Bruce Brown | February 24, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Patients with diseases such as diabetes and prostate cancer or who need long-term regimens of painkillers, chemotherapy, or hormones often find it difficult to take their medication as prescribed. When it’s imperative that different medications are taken in the...
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by Bruce Brown | February 23, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Exoskeleton development is speeding along on many fronts. We have written about Ekso Bionics lower extremity rigid exoskeleton for rehabilitation and paraplegic mobility . We also covered Cyberdyne’s HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) for Medical Use Lower Body, used...
by Alfred Poor | February 23, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
If you’re a long-time reader of Health Tech Insider, you know that one of my favorite topics is the user interface for wearable Health Tech devices. While there’s no one solution, some approaches have clear limitations. For example, you can’t fit a...
by Alfred Poor | February 22, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical, Podcast
In this week’s Health Tech podcast, you can hear about how technology can now diagnose conditions such as heart disease or Parkinson’s just by listening to speech samples. You’ll find out that wearables can actually reduce stress in the workplace,...
