by Alfred Poor | August 12, 2016 | General News, Health
One important aspect of keeping people healthy is to help them avoid injury, whether due to a specific physical trauma, or due to environmental factors. This is a key concern for companies whose employees are exposed to difficult working conditions; how can you tell...
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by Bruce Brown | August 11, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
An on-going program at Duke University, part of the Walk Again Project in Brazil, helps paralyzed patients regain partial feeling and control of their limbs. The program began in 2013. At the 2014 soccer World Cup in Brazil a patient from the project kicked off a game...
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by Alfred Poor | August 11, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Adaptive technology covers devices that help people compensate for physical and other challenges. Some help people with low vision or blindness, while others may assist people with limited muscle control or missing limbs. One feature that most of these devices share...
by Bruce Brown | August 10, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Wearable Health Tech requires power to work. The size, shape, and type of power can vary, but any form of action requires power. Most wearable devices use batteries, which come with their own challenges of space, weight, and recharging. If you’re going to wear a...
by Alfred Poor | August 10, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Flat screen display technologies are amazing, especially when you compare them with the industry leader of just one decade ago: the CRT. Even though LCD and OLED displays are thin and light by comparison, they both have one important limitation; you have to create...
by Bruce Brown | August 9, 2016 | General News, Health
Try to imagine a wristband that sets out to be simultaneously part of and a link to a complete health ecosystem. Of course, you need to know what that even means. For GOQii founder and CEO Vishal Gondal, it means his company sees itself as a preventive health...
