Another Health Tech Competition

by Alfred Poor | July 24, 2015 | Health, Medical

One of the most popular ways to promote innovation in technology fields — from space travel to healthcare — is to offer a competition with prize money and other benefits awarded to the winners. One such competition is the HITLAB World Cup, which aims to...

They Track Horses, Don’t They? [video]

by Alfred Poor | July 22, 2015 | Health, Medical

When it comes to the “quantified self” movement, humans aren’t the only ones who can track their health and fitness information. SeeHorse is a company that has created a wearable Health Tech device for horses. When you think about it, this makes a...

Dell: the Doctor Is In

by Alfred Poor | July 22, 2015 | Health, Medical

You can find “Doctors” throughout the technology industry, but the vast majority of them (like me) have Ph.D. degrees. These are not necessarily the people you want to summon when you start having a health emergency at a restaurant. You’re much more...

App Pairs with Smartwatch to Detect Seizures [video]

by Alfred Poor | July 21, 2015 | Health, Medical

Part of the wearable Health Tech device revolution is that we have have more information available about what’s going on with our bodies than ever before. All sorts of new applications become possible as people figure out new ways to use this information. A...

Wearables Combine to Address Limited Vision

by Alfred Poor | July 21, 2015 | Health

“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” Technology has made some amazing things possible, but the true power comes from the synergy you get by combining different components. Zuby Onwuta is a researcher based in Austin, Texas, who has taken some...

Yellow Dot Summons Help after Crash

by Alfred Poor | July 20, 2015 | Health

Today’s digital communication devices make it easy to get help in the event of an emergency, but what happens if you’re involved in an accident and cannot call for help? Automotive systems such as OnStar feature automatic crash response, and now...