Fight Foot Pain With New Custom 3D Printed Supports

by Alfred Poor | July 29, 2021 | Enabling Tech, Health

According to the American Podiatric Medical Association, about three out of four adults in the U.S. experience foot pain. One traditional treatment is to create orthotics: specially-shaped inserts for shoes that relieve pressure and provide additional support where...

Affordable 3D-Printed Eye Care Kit [video]

by Bruce Brown | July 22, 2021 | Health

New Zealand-based ODocs Eye Care develops tools to assist ophthalmologists. For the past six years, ODocs has worked with 3D printer and 3D scaling software company Ultimaker to develop an open source smartphone ophthalmoscope. The company has moved on to develop...

New Wearable Calorie Counter Is More Accurate Than a Smart Watch [video]

by Amantha May | July 21, 2021 | Health

A calorie counter makes good sense as a smartwatch feature. Or it would, if smartwatches could track calories accurately. Sadly, for the most part, they do not. Now, researchers from Stanford University have developed new sensor technology that could improve the...

Renew Your Glasses Prescription at Home Now With Your Phone

by Bruce Brown | July 20, 2021 | Health

Warby Parker is best known for disrupting the prescription eyeglasses industries with relatively inexpensive online frame and lenses fulfillment . Since the company started in 2011, Warby Parker introduced new programs, technologies, and apps all focused on...

Watch as You Remove Earwax with Smart Spade [video]

by Bruce Brown | July 19, 2021 | Health

I’m pretty sure we’ll never see a clinical study that substantiates the effectiveness of Axel Glade’s Spade smart ear wax remover. As a practical matter, however, digging into our ears to free up clogged or accumulated ear wax with cotton swabs,...

Pandemic Will Increase New Demands for Mental Health Services

by Alfred Poor | July 16, 2021 | Health, Medical

The COVID-19 global pandemic continues to cut a swath across the world, leaving death, chronic illness, and economic hardship in its wake. But some of the largest costs of the virus may not be immediately visible. In the long run, the mental health damage may eclipse...