by Alfred Poor | September 3, 2019 | Enabling Tech, Fitness, Health, Medical
A few years ago, you could strap a hand-soldered circuit board onto a wrist strap and grab headlines. Fortunately, the feeding frenzy over wearable technology has subsided somewhat, but that doesn’t mean that this maturing industry has stalled. To the contrary,...
by Bruce Brown | August 30, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Scientists at Okayama University report progress creating prosthetic technology that stimulates degenerated retinal tissues. According to the CDC, nearly 10 million people in the U.S. currently suffer from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or diabetic...
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by Bruce Brown | August 29, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Continuous biometric monitoring provides more valuable data than single readings, but concerns about patient comfort and convenience must be considered. Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and...
by Bruce Brown | August 27, 2019 | Enabling Tech
As an adult on the far side of middle age who lives in the South, I have an annual dermatology checkup. Most years my doctor finds a questionable spot or two on my skin. I suspect he can tell whether an area is a likely concern on visual inspection, but he is willing...
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by Bruce Brown | August 26, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Did you touch and taste unknown substances to identify them when you were young? Most of us share that past experience and while we may continue the procedure in our kitchens, we don’t employ that method of inspection as a general practice. Researchers at the...
by Bruce Brown | August 23, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Louisville-based XLerateHealth (XLH) helps healthcare startup companies commercialize and develop their innovations. Since 2013, 66 startups participated in the XLH 12-week bootcamp and more than 80% still operate. Bootcamp attendees connect with domain experts,...
