CES 2017: See-Through Technology Works for Biometrics

by Alfred Poor | January 20, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News

What does finding pipes hidden in the walls of your home have to do with Health Tech? As we learned at CES 2016, the two are closely related. A company named Vayyar has created a 3D scanning system that relies on radio frequency (RF) emissions to see through walls and...

Robotic Heart Hugging Sleeve Keeps on Pumping [video]

by Bruce Brown | January 19, 2017 | General News, Medical

When hearts begin to fail, cardiologists often give the hearts a chance to keep working with ventricular assist devices. Threats of blood clots and infections persist because current devices have direct contact with blood, requiring that patients take anticoagulants...

CES 2017: New Direction in Consumer Brain Stimulation

by Alfred Poor | January 19, 2017 | General News, Health

We’ve covered products from Thync in the past; the company’s first product was a Borg-like device that you would stick to your forehead, and then electrodes would connect behind your ear or some other spot. Originally, the goal was transcranial direct...

Zero-gravity Upper Extremity Exoskeleton Supports Duchenne Patients

by Bruce Brown | January 18, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News

As exoskeleton technology advances, the life-changing potential for specific Health Tech applications grows. We’ve written about exoskeleton tech often, most recently when Hyundai introduced three exoskeleton robots under development to the world and last year...

CES 2017: Tablet Supports Home Health Monitoring [video]

by Alfred Poor | January 18, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical

Remote monitoring of patient health is one of the most effective ways to identify and deal with conditions before they turn into expensive and potentially life-threatening situations. One important key is to make systems easy to use and unobtrusive, so that patients...

Mind Control Interface Enables Robotic Telepresence [video]

by Bruce Brown | January 17, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News

An Australia entrepreneur found a way for people with spinal injuries who have limited or no mobility to take trips, attend classes, lectures, and meetings using a game controller. Aubot’s Teleport telepresence robot can be controlled via the Chrome Browser, an...