![Use the Force to Keep Walking [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/12/Project-Sentiri-with-video-button-600-x-276.jpg?resize=600%2C276)
by Bruce Brown | December 15, 2015 | General News, Health
Do you remember when Obi-Wan Kenobi taught Luke Skywalker to use The Force to deflect training droids with his light saber when they were on their way to Alderaann aboard the Millennium Falcon? When Luke failed at first, Obi-wan had him put on a helmet that blocked...
![New Wheelchair Design Increases Mobility [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/12/Whill-chair.jpg?resize=599%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | December 15, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News
According to the University of California’s Disability Statistics Center, about 1.7 million people in the U.S. rely on wheelchairs or powered scooters to get around. These devices often have significant limitations that can restrict the mobility of the users,...
![Why Don’t You Just Sleep On It? [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/12/Reston-with-video-play-button-600-x-275.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Bruce Brown | December 14, 2015 | General News, Health
Getting a good night’s sleep remains elusive for many people. In 1999, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke reported that about 60 million people in the United States suffer from sleep problems; 40 million experience chronic long-term...
by Alfred Poor | December 14, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News
Nature has created some amazing systems, such as the sensitivity of human touch. We can feel texture, temperature, pressure, vibration, and more simply through our fingertips. The ability to gain all this information simply through touch is of enormous value in fields...
by Bruce Brown | December 11, 2015 | General News, Health
We all know what exoskeletons look and sound like; we’ve been trained by Hollywood depictions ranging from Alien to Iron Man. Exoskeletons are big and clunky, like medieval suits of armor, and are accompanied by a symphony of whirring motors and hydraulic...
![More Than a Remote Thermometer [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/12/Check-My-Temp-band.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | December 11, 2015 | General News, Health
We’ve written about a number of wireless thermometers over the years, that let you monitor the fever of a child or other person remotely. Setting notification limits means that you get an alert when the temperature rises above or falls below limits that you...
