![MIT Tests Autonomous Wheelchair [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/09/SMART-wheelchair.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | September 26, 2017 | General News, Health
Autonomous cars and trucks are capturing lots of media attention, but for people with limited mobility, the “last mile” problem remains. For those unable to move about on their own in a wheelchair, they have no way to move independently from their home to...
![Multi-modal Holistic Health App Targets Back Pain [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/09/Kaia-health-with-video-600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Bruce Brown | September 25, 2017 | General News, Health
Back pain is a widespread condition that can be chronic for many people, and for some others, it can be quite profitable. According to the American Spinal Decompression Association, 20 to 30% of adults in the U.S. suffer from back pain at any given time. During our...
by Alfred Poor | September 25, 2017 | General News, Health
The number of U.S. seniors aged 65 or older topped 50 million in November 2016. By 2020, this number is expected to grow to nearly 55 million. According to AARP, about 34 million people in the U.S. provided unpaid care to adults aged 50 or older in 2015. Our country...
![Drone Blood Delivery Service [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/09/Matternet-with-video-600x277.png?resize=600%2C277)
by Bruce Brown | September 22, 2017 | General News, Medical
Drones in service in conjunction with Health Tech. Sounds like a winner, right? We covered Flirtey’s drone disaster site delivery service co-developed with NASA – the same company that partnered with Domino’s Pizza Enterprises for another form of...
by Alfred Poor | September 22, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Machines can do amazing things, but they often have difficulty duplicating some of the most common tasks performed by the human body. Consider skin, for example. It is a flexible, protective layer that can also sense the pressure of objects that contact it....
![Headset Helps Legally Blind to See [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/09/eSight-with-video-600x279.png?resize=600%2C279)
by Bruce Brown | September 21, 2017 | General News, Health
We’ve written about eyeglasses as wearable Health Tech several times in the past few years. For example, prescription glasses from VSP have integrated biometric sensors to track activity, movement, drowsiness, and other indicators. We wrote about Orcam’s...
