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by Bruce Brown | April 9, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Imagine the ability to talk without speaking and hear without sound. What if you could take notes, make comments, compose emails, or write a novel electronically without any of the usual peripherals? A silent communications system based on subvocalization —...
by Bruce Brown | April 8, 2018 | General News, Health
As the American population ages, the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia increases. The hunt is on for causes, cures, and ways to stave off the disease or slow its progression. People diagnosed with Alzheimer’s live anywhere from three...
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by Bruce Brown | April 6, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Wireless implants that control or monitor bodily systems, functions, and organs or deliver medical payloads remain a top-priority for academic and private research labs. Minimally invasive implants offer appealing benefits although the technology is still in its early...
by Bruce Brown | April 5, 2018 | General News, Medical
While we routinely write about health-related smartphone apps, we seldom find them in clinical or surgical settings. Johnson & Johnson’s Health Partner platform helps patients prepare and recovery from surgery. Insight Product Development‘s PhysIQ app...
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by Bruce Brown | April 4, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Hemorrhaging remains the greatest cause of death in otherwise survivable battlefield injuries. In a 2011 study of deaths after casualties reached a medical treatment facility from October 2001 to June 2009, the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research found...
by Bruce Brown | April 3, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Humans hear sound in relatively narrow dynamic (loudness) and frequency ranges, especially compared to other species. Cats and beluga whales hear sounds with wider loudness ranges and at much higher frequencies than humans. We’ve written about digital hearing...
