by Bruce Brown | January 9, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms feature in much of our coverage on Health Tech Insider. AI has clearly gone past tipping points of acceptance and application in medical science. Teams from institutions worldwide now routinely build and refine...
by Alfred Poor | January 7, 2019 | Enabling Tech, Health, Medical
CES 2019 starts tomorrow. If you haven’t been lately, let me tell you that CES in Las Vegas has become enormous! This year, I’ve added an extra day to my schedule and still I’m not going to get to see all the companies with wearable or mobile devices...
by Alfred Poor | January 3, 2019 | Enabling Tech
I often talk about how health tech wearables ultimately will have to “disappear” into our lives. This means that you don’t have to remember to put on the device or pick it up, you don’t have to remember to recharge it, and you don’t need...
by Alfred Poor | December 20, 2018 | Enabling Tech
The eyes may not only be the windows on our souls, but they can also provide a view into many aspects of our physical health as well. Many researchers are working toward sensors that could sit on the surface of the eye to monitor all sorts of biometric measures....
by Alfred Poor | December 19, 2018 | Enabling Tech
“Look, Ma! No hands!” That was a favorite childhood cry when we discovered that we could ride our bikes with our hands off the handlebars. But for some people with physical disabilities, being able to navigate without the use of functioning hands can be an...
by Bruce Brown | December 17, 2018 | Enabling Tech, Medical
Hospitals teem with busy healthcare professionals in seemingly ceaseless motion. Several companies and institutions focus on robotic assistants to alleviate demands on clinical staff members. Last month we wrote about engineers from the University of Toronto who are...