AI-Powered Assistive Glasses for the Blind [video]

by Bruce Brown | December 2, 2020 | Health

We wrote about Envision’s smartphone app paired with Google Glass smart eyewear for vision-impaired persons earlier this year in March. At that time, the platform was in the preorder stage and Envision expected to ship the system in August. Then a pandemic...

Consumer tDCS Device Improves Focus [video]

by Amantha May | December 2, 2020 | Health

A cutting-edge consumer neurostimulation device can now help individuals improve their focus and improve mental performance in the comfort of their own homes. LIFTiD is an affordable transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) device that targets the areas of the...

New “Invisible” Hearing Aids Hide in Your Ear

by Bruce Brown | December 1, 2020 | Health

Hearable devices include products that enhance streaming media entertainment, enable hands-free phone and video conference calls, cancel external noise, and assist with hearing loss. We’ve written recently about Phonak’s Audeo Paradise AI-assisted hearing...

Who Uses Wearable Health Tech?

by Bruce Brown | November 30, 2020 | Health

Health Tech Insider’s primary focus is on wearable and mobile devices for health and medical applications. We write about new wearables and the developing technologies that make new devices and applications possible. We often write about research studies that...

Stand for Hours with an Exoskeleton [video]

by Bruce Brown | November 26, 2020 | Health

Exoskeleton technology primarily supports three purposes: mobility, enhancement, and protection. In addition to exoskeletons that support and assist quadriplegics, for example, we’ve also written about a smart exoskeleton that assists arm rehab, devices that...

New Wireless Remote Blood Pressure Device Uses Cell Networks

by Bruce Brown | November 25, 2020 | Health

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) technology was already making great strides in distributed medical care before the pandemic took hold. COVID-19 accentuates the value of medical care that doesn’t require in-person contact. The ability to monitor biometric data...