Lift Tools All Day with New Passive Exoskeleton [video]

by Bruce Brown | September 7, 2020 | General News, Health

Exoskeletons play increasingly important roles in prosthetics, rehabilitation, and industrial worker augmentation and assistance. Last year FutureWise predicted exoskeletons would become a $4 billion industry by the end of 2026. In June, we wrote about...

New Fitness Tracker Fights Childhood Obesity [video]

by Amantha May | September 7, 2020 | General News, Health

There’s no shortage of fitness trackers out there, including trackers designed specifically for kids. Garmin, Fitbit, and Leapfrog offer trackers intended to make exercise fun by making it quantifiable: the same feature that attracts adults to wear their tracker as...

New Study Results Show Fitness Bands Can Detect Virus Infection

by Bruce Brown | September 4, 2020 | Health

After two months of study with more than 100,000 Fitbit users in the trial and 1000+ positive COVID-19 virus reports, Fitbit has released preliminary results from its early disease detection work. The wearables company experts are employing machine learning and...

New Project Keeps Critically Ill Patients Connected to Family [video]

by Amantha May | September 4, 2020 | General News, Health

Between February 1, and May 23, 2020, 91% of all deaths from COVID-19 occurred in a medical center or nursing home, according to a recent study published in July. The authors of the study called on care facilities to make virtual technology available to keep all...

New Fitbit Sense Adds Biometric Stress Management and More

by Bruce Brown | September 1, 2020 | Health

Wristband wearable category leader Fitbit introduced three new models inspired by the pandemic-related focus on health and wellness. This fall, Fitbit will begin selling the Fitbit Sense and Fitbit Versa 3 smartwatches and the Inspire 2, a new tracker-style wearable....

Wearable Smart Thermometer Helps Screen for Virus Infection [video]

by Bruce Brown | August 31, 2020 | Health

Lobby and entryway body temperature checks are commonplace in our pandemic-altered world. I’ve had my forehead scanned so often in the last few months, I’ve come up with a series of one-liners about “being cool.” COVID-19 is no joke, however,...