Full Face Mask: Fashion Design or Effective Disguise?

by Bruce Brown | August 17, 2020 | Health

After the initial shortage of protective face masks in the fight against the COVID-19 virus, consumers now have many mask choices. Surgical masks, NIOSH-approved N95 masks, and a variety of cloth masks are readily available in a wide range of prices. We’ve also...

Come Together, But Not Too Close [video]

by Bruce Brown | August 14, 2020 | Health

Pre-pandemic, it would have been hard to imagine that 2020 would see a raft of new products to protect people’s health by keeping them apart. Today, however, social distancing is a new term to describe a key prophylactic measure to prevent — or at least...

TraceSafe Provides Easy Contact Tracing [video]

by Amantha May | August 14, 2020 | General News, Health

Early this year, as the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread across Asia, one company made a fast pivot to provide a solution that could help to flatten the curve. Drawing on monitoring technology initially used in maternity wards and nursing homes, TraceSafe developed a...

Smart Toilet Seat Tracks Heart Health at Home

by Bruce Brown | August 13, 2020 | Health

Take a seat. That’s what’s required to use a new health tech form factor. We often write about wearable wristbands, pins, headbands, and hearables, as well as implants and carryables with embedded biometric sensors. HeartHealth Intelligence is developing...

High-Tech Glasses Help the Visually Impaired [video]

by Amantha May | August 12, 2020 | General News, Health

The Canadian-based company eSight Corp introduced its first-generation, high-tech vision enhancement glasses in 2013. The original eSight, which improved both close-up and distance vision for the visually impaired, was followed by eSight 2 in 2015 and eSight 3 in...

Diabetic Patients May Benefit from the Pandemic

by Amantha May | August 10, 2020 | General News, Health

Shelter-in-place orders have created their share of problems for everyone, but in some cases, response to the COVID-19 pandemic has had a positive effect. According to an analysis of recent data from Diabits, a diabetes management app, staying home last spring may...