CES 2018: Will You Be There?

by Alfred Poor | January 6, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical

CES 2018 starts tomorrow in Las Vegas. In addition to being the largest consumer electronics show, it has become the leading event for wearables and mobile technology for health and medical applications. The Sands exhibit hall will be packed with companies —...

FDA Clears Wearable for Opioid Withdrawal Pain [video]

by Bruce Brown | January 4, 2018 | General News, Health

New Year’s resolutions are hard to keep, as most of us know through experience. It’s difficult to stick with healthy new habits and, for most people, even tougher to break bad habits. Taking the conversation to the extreme, kicking an addiction to opioids...

Wearable Drug Test Lab Speeds Detection

by Bruce Brown | January 3, 2018 | General News, Health

Wearable pharmaceutical research and development usually focus on appropriate drug release. Drug delivery devices can help with patient compliance, dosage timing, and automatic dosing in response to biometric sensing. We’ve written about magnetically-controlled...

Gaming Disorder on the Path to WHO Recognition

by Bruce Brown | December 28, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical

Well, it’s almost official. Computer and video game addiction is on the verge of recognition as a medical thing. A World Health Organization (WHO) draft document for tracking Mortality and Morbidity Statistics includes gaming disorder. The eleventh edition of...

Wearable Makes the Call When You Fall [video]

by Bruce Brown | December 22, 2017 | General News, Health

Falls are the leading cause of death from injury for people aged 65 and older. Longer lifespans, a growing 65+ population proportion, decreasing bone density with age, and the preference of many older people to age independently at home add up to an increasing need...

Biofeedback Wearable Improves Posture [video]

by Bruce Brown | December 21, 2017 | General News, Health

Yesterday I traveled halfway across the country for the holidays. During the trip, I noticed widespread behavior among many others (and myself) that is bound to have long-term health consequences. At three airports I saw adults and children all looking down at their...