by Alfred Poor | May 31, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
The BeeGee’s must have been peering into the future when they came up with their disco hit, “Staying Alive”: “Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk….” Walking is no longer just about getting from one place to another; it is...
by Bruce Brown | May 26, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Our collections of AC adapters and charging cables grow as we accumulate mobile Health Tech devices. One way to keep the horde of electrical “wall-warts” and associated tangled cables to a minimum is to use multifunction devices with diverse biometric...
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by Bruce Brown | May 24, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Consider the range of medical and health aspects of gross and targeted body temperature. Tracking body temperature has implications for fertility and pregnancy, fever, anxiety and stress, cardiac arrest patients, hypothermia and hyperthermia, alcohol or drug use or...
by Alfred Poor | May 24, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Pacemaker implants save many lives every year, but they have one inherent limitation. They run on electricity provided by a lithium coin battery which contains toxic materials and has to be changed every few years. Researchers are finding ways to harvest energy from...
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by Bruce Brown | May 11, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
There’s something about ink on skin that intrigues people. A cross-cultural phenomenon that has lasted at least since Neolithic times, tattoos have served a wide range of purposes, not just as personal adornment. We’ve written about several tattoo...
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by Bruce Brown | May 8, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
Unlike lower limbs where diabetes is usually a factor, upper limb amputations due to vascular system complications account for only a small portion of cases, according to a fact sheet from the Center for Orthotic and Prosthetic Care. Most upper limb amputations are...
