Pressure-Sensing Sock to Help Diabetics [video]

by Alfred Poor | February 26, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical

We’ve covered smart socks on several occasions, designed for helping patients with dementia, runners, and seniors who are at risk of falling. Now there is another sock device that is designed to tackle the problem of diabetic neuropathy that often leads to...

Wearable Personal Posture Coach [video]

by Bruce Brown | February 24, 2016 | General News, Health

Do you have forward neck? I do. It’s also called forward posture or sometimes text neck. This condition is common among people who read and increasingly so with folks who spend lots of time using computers or craned over smartphones and tablets. Forward head is...

Personal Laser Hair Loss Treatment [video]

by Bruce Brown | February 23, 2016 | General News, Health

Full disclosure here: I’m a male. Like 70% of males overall, I have male pattern baldness with a receding hairline and thinning on the temples and top of my head. I am fortunate because my hair loss is a result of testosterone in my system, which is a natural...

University Requires Fitness Bands for Students

by Alfred Poor | February 23, 2016 | Fitness, General News, Health

The Quantified Self: it’s a major goal of the wearable Health Tech industry. If we knew more about the bodies of more individuals and their health outcomes, we could detect disease sooner, discover which treatments are truly most effective, lower healthcare...

Smart Eyewear Finds Home in Enterprise

by Alfred Poor | February 22, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical

The Recon Jet is one of the head-mounted computing platforms that continues to find success in the corporate market, even though Google Glass got a lot of media attention for its failure to find an initial market. We’ve covered the Jet in the past, but it is one...

Fast and Easy Personal ECGs

by Bruce Brown | February 19, 2016 | General News, Health

When did you have your last electrocardiogram, also called an ECG or EKG? If you’ve ever had one, chances are the test involved attaching up to 10 electrodes to your limbs and chest. Once the electrodes are attached securely, the test reads electrical and...