Kito+ Phone Case Tracks Your Health Vitals [video]

by Bruce Brown | April 6, 2016 | General News, Health

As we’ve written in numerous articles before, there are wearable and carryable Health Tech gadgets galore that measure one or more health metrics and transmit the data to smartphones. Few Health Tech devices are also a phone case, such as Azoi’s Kito+....

Qardio Products Anchor Target’s “Connected Health”

by Alfred Poor | April 6, 2016 | General News, Health

“Connected Health” is the hot concept that allows consumers to gather data about their bodies so that it can be stored, analyzed, and shared. You can tell when a concept reaches a critical mass in the marketplace; major retailers sit up and take notice....

Facebook Automatic Alternative Text Uses AI to Help the Blind ‘See’ Images

by Bruce Brown | April 5, 2016 | General News, Health

Suddenly, the race appears to be on to help blind and visually impaired people enjoy if not actually see images transmitted via social media. We recently wrote about Twitter’s new 420 character image description field. Now Facebook is in the game with another...

New Phones for Seniors Add Security [video]

by Alfred Poor | April 5, 2016 | General News, Health

For better or worse, smartphones have changed the social landscape. They provide easy access to communications, information, and other useful functions. Seniors cannot always take advantage of these features, due to small buttons or touch areas, confusing user...

Social Media Use May Contribute to Sleep Deprivation

by Bruce Brown | April 4, 2016 | General News, Health

[Photo credit: https://www.i-newmedia.com/media] As we’ve noted in other articles, more than one-quarter of the U.S. population report not getting enough sleep and 10% have insomnia according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). We have...

The Eyes Have It: Optical Tracking Detects Concussions

by Alfred Poor | March 31, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical

One of the biggest health concerns in sport — at both the amateur and professional levels — is the damage caused by concussions arising from head impacts. Part of the challenge is that there is not a lot of data about how much impact is enough to cause a...