by Bruce Brown | June 9, 2017 | General News, Medical
Implanted pacemakers have helped millions of people since Wilson Greatbatch accidentally invented them in the 1950s while building a device to record the sounds of a working heart. At that time heart pacemakers were huge external devices and often shocked...
by Alfred Poor | June 9, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
Mary Meeker is a venture capitalist with the firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), and is known for her intensive and extensive annual presentations on Internet Trends. In her report this year, she spent a portion of her presentation on the impact of the...
by Bruce Brown | June 8, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
It looks like Samsung is moving right along with its multifunctional health technology platform. Samsung’s microprocessor division first introduced its multipurpose Bio-Processor at CES 2016, with the potential of providing core processing power for a wide range...
by Alfred Poor | June 8, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
In the year 2000, U.S. seniors 65 or older fell and required medical treatment 2.6 million times. The total price tag was $19 billion for direct medical costs alone. A bit more than a third of these incidents resulted in bone fractures, but these accounted for more...
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by Bruce Brown | June 7, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Timely delivery of essential medical supplies can be extremely difficult in many parts of the world. Undeveloped infrastructure and treacherous terrain can render speedy delivery of vaccines and emergency blood supplies difficult if not almost impossible. Harvard...
by Alfred Poor | June 7, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Currently, smart garments typically rely on conductors that are placed on top of existing fabrics, and these connect sensors and controllers. To make clothing that lasts longer, feels more comfortable, and is more effective, it would be better to create the fabrics...
