by Alfred Poor | October 19, 2016 | General News, Medical
One of the most accurate ways to measure heart activity is by measuring electrical impulses. This is why chest bands with electrodes tend to be more accurate than optical sensors worn on the wrist. Accuracy can be of critical importance in clinical settings where...
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by Bruce Brown | October 18, 2016 | General News, Health
Most of the Health Tech we write about, especially the wearable devices, use biometric sensors to measure, track, and report individual metrics. Some devices monitor one measure, such as blood glucose, body temperature, or heart rate. Other units use multiple sensors...
by Alfred Poor | October 18, 2016 | General News, Medical
The retina is a lining of nerve cells at the back of your eyeball that converts light into impulses that are transmitted to the brain via the optic nerve. If this fragile lining is damaged, your vision can be limited or lost completely. Many diseases and conditions...
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by Bruce Brown | October 17, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
The potential of a brain-computer interface (BCI) is at once exciting and amazing, if seemingly out of reach. The technology to hook up specific areas of the brain to control the motion of an external device promises freedom for many people with injured or missing...
by Alfred Poor | October 17, 2016 | General News, Health
Does the world need another smart wrist band? The developers at Rooti Labs in Taiwan think so. They have developed the W/Me2, a band with the primary goal of accurately measuring the wearer’s heart rate. At face value, this may not seem to be a lofty goal. After...
by Bruce Brown | October 14, 2016 | General News, Health
Robots can take many forms. This one can go to school and provide a telepresence for homebound students. The goal for school-aged children who are ill, injured, or have disabilities is usually to get them back to school as soon as possible. If adaptive...
