Insured Employees to Get Account Credits

by Alfred Poor | March 4, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical

It’s no secret; health insurance costs are a serious problem for a large number of U.S. citizens and employers. Wearable Health Tech offers the potential to lower these costs by providing more information about individuals and communities as a whole. Small...

Apps to Measure Cognition, Memory, and Mental Health [video]

by Bruce Brown | March 3, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News

When I went for my annual physical just last month, a nurse gave me a memory test that included answering questions like the day of the week, the season, and the town we were in, copying a simple geometric shape, and recalling a short string of words. Perhaps for next...

Smart Pants Track Muscle Fatigue

by Alfred Poor | March 3, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health

The photo above may look a bit like a satellite surveillance photo of a water treatment plant, but it’s actually something quite different. What you see in the image are sensors that have been embroidered on the inside of a pair of running leggings, as part of a...

A Not-Quite-Functional Wallet-sized ECG [video]

by Bruce Brown | March 2, 2016 | General News, Health

Is it or isn’t it? Don’t be shocked by the image with this article. It isn’t a real ECG and cannot be used for diagnostic purposes. It is intended to be used as a business card for cardiologists. With the onslaught of clever, accurate, ever-lighter,...

Industrial-Strength Location Monitor System

by Alfred Poor | March 2, 2016 | General News, Health

“Where’s Waldo?” is a lot of fun; you get to pore over detailed pictures trying to spot the familiar red and white striped shirt. If you’re in charge of a hospital or managed care facility, however, “where’s the patient?” is...

Smart Earplugs Help You Sleep [video]

by Bruce Brown | March 1, 2016 | General News, Health

The importance of getting a good night’s sleep for human health and happiness is stressed by both academia and the popular press. For some of us, however, sleep can be elusive. Noise — both familiar and unfamiliar — is a common sleep-robbing culprit....