Health Tech Podcast: CES 2017 Part 2

by Alfred Poor | January 25, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical, Podcast

Health Tech Insider Editor Alfred Poor shares more observations about wearables at CES 2017. In this episode, he describes a new service that uses augmented reality (AR) glasses to provide a sighted companion on demand for blind people, and a product that converts any...

CES 2017: Another Smart Mouthguard Measures Head Impact

by Alfred Poor | January 23, 2017 | General News, Health

One of the ways for a person to get a concussion is to suffer a blow to the head. Many sports — including “non-contact” sports such as soccer — can result in head impacts during the course of routine play. The problem is that not all impacts...

CES 2017: New Direction in Consumer Brain Stimulation

by Alfred Poor | January 19, 2017 | General News, Health

We’ve covered products from Thync in the past; the company’s first product was a Borg-like device that you would stick to your forehead, and then electrodes would connect behind your ear or some other spot. Originally, the goal was transcranial direct...

CES 2017: Tablet Supports Home Health Monitoring [video]

by Alfred Poor | January 18, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical

Remote monitoring of patient health is one of the most effective ways to identify and deal with conditions before they turn into expensive and potentially life-threatening situations. One important key is to make systems easy to use and unobtrusive, so that patients...

CES 2017: No-Contact Device Monitors Health

by Alfred Poor | January 17, 2017 | General News, Health

This story touches on two major themes about Health Tech devices. It’s a story about devices that disappear into our daily lives. And it’s about one of the big take-aways from CES 2017; devices need to prove their accuracy in order to be successful. In...

Robotic Companion for Older Adults [video]

by Bruce Brown | January 16, 2017 | General News, Health

  A significant percentage of older adults live alone. According to Age UK and the U S. Institute on Aging, nearly half of adults 75 and older live alone in the U.K. and U.S. Older adults who live alone often have trouble remembering to take medication,...