by Alfred Poor | July 31, 2015 | Health
When you think of radar, you might well think of the dishes that scan the skies to locate aircraft, sending out radio waves and detecting them when they bounce off a target object. But radar can do more than determine an object’s location; it can also determine...
by Alfred Poor | July 30, 2015 | Health, Medical
Big Data is going to change the practice of healthcare worldwide, for both professionals and individual consumers alike. It will help patients be more active participants in their treatment, give physicians more information about individuals and populations on the...
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by Alfred Poor | July 30, 2015 | Enabling Tech, Health
Being confined to a wheelchair can be limiting for individuals, especially if they do not have the motor control to drive the device. A group of students in a course at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) created an app for Google Glass that would allow patients...
by Alfred Poor | July 29, 2015 | Health, Medical
If you’ve ever been to CES in Las Vegas in January, you may think you’ve seen a big technology show. Sure, it’s the biggest show of its kind in the U.S. but it is dwarfed by the CeBIT show that takes place in Hanover, Germany every March. As big as...
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by Alfred Poor | July 27, 2015 | Health, Medical
More than 50,000 children in the U.S. and more than 500,000 worldwide suffer from illness or conditions that weakens their muscles to the point that they they are unable to use their arms. Many tasks that we take for granted in a toddler — feeding themselves,...
by Alfred Poor | July 24, 2015 | Fitness, Health
Study after study shows that consumers, healthcare professionals, insurance companies, and employers are all interested in wearable Health Tech devices to help monitor and improve the health of the user. So it is a bit surprising to see the results of a new survey by...
