Diabetes Management System Talks to Smartwatch

by Bruce Brown | November 10, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical

Already one of the top diabetes management systems worldwide, Informed Data Systems’ One Drop blood glucose testing kit and smartphone app keeps diabetic patients and their care teams informed. When we wrote about One Drop in February 2017, the system’s...

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...

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...

Electrify Brain to Speed Learning

by Kimberly Houston | November 7, 2017 | General News, Health

One persistent myth in popular culture about the human brain is that we only use 10% of it. In fact, scientists have found that most of the human brain is actively in use over the course of a normal day. But that doesn’t mean we can’t improve brain function with...