Device to Combat Sleep Apnea During The Day [video]

by Amantha May | February 10, 2021 | Health, Medical

Signifier Medical Technologies recently received FDA clearance for a new device that treats primary snoring and mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Unlike most OSA treatment devices, this is used during the day while the patient is awake. The eXciteOSA is a small...

Wearables Can Give Early Warning of COVID Infection

by Bruce Brown | February 9, 2021 | Health

Predicting a virus such as COVID-19 is far better than waiting for symptoms to appear. With early notice you can take steps to ameliorate or treat a disease before it progresses too far. Early detection can also protect other people from infections by quarantining an...

Alexa Now Understands Impaired Speech with Help from an App

by Amantha May | February 8, 2021 | Health

Virtual assistants within smart devices, such as Amazon Alexa, provide solutions for people with limited movement, low vision, and other types of disabilities. But speech impairments can prevent smart home devices from recognizing voice commands. Older adults have a...

Soft Toy Gives Hugs to Comfort People with Dementia [video]

by Bruce Brown | February 5, 2021 | Health

Dementia is lonely. According to the CDC, approximately 5 million people lived with a form of dementia in 2014, a number that is predicted to reach nearly 14 million by 2060. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, but there are several other...

CES 2021: Smart Fabric Can Detect Heart Rate Without Direct Contact [video]

by Bruce Brown | February 3, 2021 | Health

Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) introduced an astounding array of health tech innovations at CES 2021. ITRI’s iSmartWear combines washable conductive fabric with non-contact nanosecond pulse near-field sensing (NPNS) technology to...

CES 2021: New Approaches to Wearable Heart Monitors [video]

by Bruce Brown | February 1, 2021 | Health

In the past, we’ve expressed our enthusiasm about mobile and wearable technology to monitor cardiac conditions. We wrote about research at the University of British Columbia with low-cost ultrasound transducers and potential medical applications in diagnosing...