Facebook Uses AI to Prevent Suicide

by Alfred Poor | March 3, 2017 | General News, Health

Critics who find fault with current society often lay the blame on smartphones and social media channels. It’s hard to argue that these technologies have reshaped individual and communal behaviors, often in was that are not improvements. However, like most...

Quick, Quantitative Test for Fall Risk [video]

by Bruce Brown | March 2, 2017 | General News, Medical

As wearable biometric sensors and applications evolve, the focus increasingly shines on “clinical grade” or “medical grade” data. As we’ve written before, two factors drive the demand for greater accuracy, validity, and reliability:...

Standing Mobility for Paralyzed Users [video]

by Alfred Poor | March 2, 2017 | General News, Health

Many people confined to a wheelchair must deal with frustrating limitations. The bulky chair cannot fit in tight spaces, and while seated, the user cannot reach items that require them to be standing. A new product can help solve these problems and more. Numotion has...

Health Tech Podcast: Three Technology Stories

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....

Live Cells Enable Full Year CGM Implant

by Bruce Brown | March 1, 2017 | General News, Medical

Diabetes is a global pandemic afflicting more than 420 million people, according to the Word Health Organization (WHO). Diabetics face a lifetime of checking blood glucose levels and calculating and injecting the necessary amount of insulin. Artificial pancreas...

Protect Hearing with Smartphone App [video]

by Alfred Poor | March 1, 2017 | General News, Health

According to recommendations by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), working in an environment of 85 decibels (dB) for eight hours will expose you to the maximum allowed daily dose of sound. How loud is 85 db? It’s quieter than most...