by Alfred Poor | June 23, 2014 | Fitness, Health, Medical
The WellTech market is exploding with a wide range of fitness and health devices, and the pipeline is crammed full of new and exciting projects that will come to market in the years to come. But why is this happening now? Why didn’t this explosion start years...
by Alfred Poor | June 20, 2014 | Health
Smart phones, smart watches, smart glasses, but really, does the world need a smart cup? The folks at Mark One, a San Francisco startup, are developing the Vessyl, a phone that can sense its contents and communicate the information to the world. The cup is fitted with...
by Alfred Poor | June 16, 2014 | Health, Medical
“First, do no harm.” Often attributed to the Hippocratic Oath, it has been a guiding principle for physicians and everyone else involved in health care for ages. Unfortunately, there is not always agreement on what is appropriate and effective treatment,...
by Alfred Poor | June 16, 2014 | Health, Medical
According to statistics cited by the technology product design company Artefact, about 3 million people in the United States live with epilepsy. Of these, about 50,000 die every year from epilepsy-related causes. The designers at Artefact wanted to come up with a...
by Alfred Poor | June 13, 2014 | Health, Medical
The notorious thief Willie Sutton is perhaps best known for his famous (if apocryphal) quote about why he robbed banks: “Because that’s where the money is.” If you look at the overall wearable technology industry, the healthcare and wellness...
by Alfred Poor | June 12, 2014 | Health, Medical
In order for a wearable fitness or health device to be helpful, it needs to gather data about the user who is wearing it. One of the key challenges in this area is to create materials that can collect information over a relatively large area, that are sufficiently...
