Drug-Free Pain Relief Available [video]

by Alfred Poor | June 19, 2015 | Health

According to some sources, as many as 100 million people in the U.S. suffer from chronic pain. This can be treated in a variety of ways, including medication, but these treatments are not always effective. NeuroMetrix is a spin-off from the Harvard-MIT Division of...

Jefferson and Blue Cross Team Up for Innovation

by Alfred Poor | June 19, 2015 | Health, Medical

Thomas Jefferson University is one of the largest medical schools in the U.S., and is affiliated with Jefferson Health which has five hospitals and other services in the greater Philadelphia Area. Independence Blue Cross (IBX) is the leading health insurance company...

Wrist Device Sales to Grow 20% a Year

by Alfred Poor | June 18, 2015 | Fitness, Health, Medical

Another week, another sales forecast in the wearable Health Tech industry. This one comes from the market research firm IndustryArc. Their new report,  “Wrist Wearable Devices Market Analysis (2013 – 2020)” breaks the industry into four separate...

Health Tech Wearables: End of the Sick Day?

by Alfred Poor | June 17, 2015 | Fitness, Health, Medical

Technology presents all sorts of advantages including convenience and savings in time, labor, and cost. However, the Law of Unintended Consequences is always lurking to create new problems that may not have been considered. Wearable Health Tech devices in the...

Custom Printed Footwear Concept [video]

by Alfred Poor | June 17, 2015 | Fitness, Health

The traditional way of making shoes is to stamp out shapes (creating lots of waste) and then assembling them into units of about a dozen different sizes. Forget finding a pair that fits you right; you’re happy to settle for the ones that fit the least badly. A...

Another Wearable Health Tech Design Contest

by Alfred Poor | June 16, 2015 | Health, Medical

A popular way to encourage the development of new wearable Health Tech devices is to hold a design contest. One of the latest is from Texas Instruments (TI), which calls on designers to come up with devices that make use of near-field communication (NFC) technology....