by Bruce Brown | January 6, 2016 | General News, Medical
The variety and number of wearable health tech devices are increasing rapidly, but what about medical care or supervision, especially for people with chronic conditions? Interpreting measurements and reports in many cases requires the trained, knowledgeable input of...
by Alfred Poor | January 6, 2016 | General News, Health
It looks a bit like a face mask for a Star Wars storm trooper, but it really has the force to do good. And instead of being from the Dark Side, the inside is filled with light. What is it? It’s the new iDerma from Apira Science, and it’s designed to...
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by Bruce Brown | January 5, 2016 | General News, Health
Do you travel much on business? Deployed or away at school? If there’s someone at home you miss terribly and wish you were near, traveling away from home can be a hollow part of life. Staying in strange rooms away from loved ones, no matter how fancy the hotel,...
by Alfred Poor | January 5, 2016 | Enabling Tech, Fitness, General News, Health, Medical
Full Disclosure: I did not write this today, or even yesterday. I wrote this last weekend because yesterday I spent the day traveling and today I started drinking from a fire hose for the rest of this week. I’m at CES 2016, the largest consumer electronics...
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by Bruce Brown | January 4, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Are you ready for this? Used chewing gum may play an important role in the development of biosensors. It turns out, according to the American Chemical Society (ACS), that many sensors used on and in the human body to detect various phenomena are stiff solids that...
by Alfred Poor | January 4, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
When you see the term “multi-national corporation,” you probably just think “very big company.” But many of these companies are actually doing important work all around the world. For example, consider IBM Research in Haifa, Israel. Part of IBM...
