Hug a Humming Speaker for Anxiety Relief [video]

by Bruce Brown | July 7, 2022 | Health

We don’t often write about health and wellness devices on Kickstarter or Indiegogo before the products actually ship. However, we occasionally make an exception for unique solutions for common problems or concerns. That’s the case with Solace, a huggable...

An Emergency Ear Monitor for Extreme Weather [video]

by William McCleary | July 6, 2022 | Health, Medical

It may look like a cool, cutting-edge headphone, but the headset from Italy’s Eurac Research is an instrument that measures a wearer’s heart rate, core temperature, and oxygen saturation, using sensors in the ear canal. Developed in conjunction with the...

New Wearable to Measure Blood Pressure and Arterial Health

by Unber Shafiq | July 6, 2022 | Health, Medical

CardieX Limited—a health technology company dedicated to heart diseases—has announced a dual blood pressure and arterial health monitor. The new device, CONNEQT Pulse, has yet to receive a final FDA-clearance. It has been designed for home health, distant monitoring...

Most Digital Health Startups Are Not “Clinically Robust”

by Bruce Brown | July 5, 2022 | Health, Medical

When it comes to digital health products, accountability matters. The astounding growth in digital health care technology in the past decade may have come at the cost of startups being sure that the products and services actually do what they purport to do....

Smart Face Mask Requires No Power to Monitor Coughs

by Bruce Brown | July 4, 2022 | Health, Medical

Engineers at the University of Missouri’s MU College of Engineering took pandemic-mandated public mask-wearing to another level. Going beyond filtering incoming and outgoing breath, the newly-developed a smart face mask can monitor the wearer’s health by...

New Study: Smartwatch Can Track COVID Progress [video]

by Unber Shafiq | June 29, 2022 | Health, Medical

Wearables like fitness trackers and smartwatches have been a part of our lives for a while now. These devices assist in measuring an individual’s sleeping pattern, walking speed, heart rate, and the number of steps. Could they be of more use?  In a recent study...