Sensoria Introduces Smart Running Shoe

by Jim Ware | November 10, 2017 | Enabling Tech, Fitness, General News, Health

Sensoria, the folks who gave you smart socks, recently introduced the Sensoria Smart Running Shoe. It. Tracks. Your. Every. Step through embedded textile pressure sensors and a detachable electronic device. The Bluetooth-enabled device relays data to the Sensoria Run...

High-Tech Prosthetic Knees Reduce Long-term Care Costs

by Bruce Brown | November 9, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical

Healthcare providers and insurance companies weigh various factors when faced with “Go” or “No-go” care decisions. Along with decidedly subjective factors such as quality of life, longevity, and emotional implications, objective cost...

Wireless Wearables Improve Jobsite Safety [video]

by Kimberly Houston | November 9, 2017 | General News, Health

Construction sites are some of the most complex working environments there are. Multiple workers across multiple locations on a single job site, working with hazardous equipment, often isolated from other workers and out of sight of supervisors, combine to make safety...

Telemedicine Backpack Saves Lives

by Bruce Brown | November 8, 2017 | General News, Medical

The days when a country doctor hitched up a draft horse to a carriage to rush off in the snowy night to respond to a medical emergency are behind us. Now we have first responders and telemedicine. We’ve written about the HiRO telemedicine disaster drones that...

Smartphone App Helps Patients Prepare for Surgery and Recovery

by Kimberly Houston | November 8, 2017 | General News, Medical

If you’ve ever had surgery, you know that preparing for the procedure and its aftermath can be daunting. You must follow detailed instructions from your healthcare provider and medical team about what to do before and after. You have to think about risks, healing...

PinCh Wearable Challenge Winners Aid Vets [video]

by Jim Ware | November 8, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical

One of the $125,000 winners in the 2017 Pitt Innovation Challenge uses good vibrations from a wearable device to help veterans control PTSD. Another wearable gives real-time visual feedback from prosthetic limbs to help lower-limb amputees learn to walk. In all, 13...