Sickweather Crowdsources Illness Reports for SickScore

by Bruce Brown | September 25, 2019 | Health

Depending on our plans for the day, we routinely check the weather using animated radar scans. Meteorologists predict the weather using algorithms that account for a variety of information sources, including data from remote instruments. Similar to weather reporting,...

Neurostim Handheld Relieves Allergy Sinus Pain [video]

by Bruce Brown | September 20, 2019 | Health

Hay fever is nothing to sneeze at. Between 10% and 30% of the global population suffers from allergic rhinitis — hayfever — according to the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology. Common treatments for allergic sinus pain include...

Dual-Mode Smart Ear and Forehead Thermometer [video]

by Bruce Brown | September 16, 2019 | Health

You don’t need nanotube implants, neural networks, or robotics to measure body temperature. Existing technology does a fine job measuring vital signs, but that doesn’t mean there’s no room for improvement. We’ve written about smart thermometers...

Emergency Defibrillator Locator Update [video]

by Bruce Brown | September 12, 2019 | Health

According to the CDC, 70% to 90% of people who have an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) die before reaching the hospital. In 2015, about 357,000 people in the U.S. had OHCA. Before emergency response personnel arrive, the best chance for survival is when another...

Fetal Vibration Monitor Could Reduce Stillbirths

by Bruce Brown | September 3, 2019 | Health

Each year in the U.S., there are about 24,000 stillbirths — about 1% of all births — according to the CDC. Medical science does not know all the reasons for stillbirth, says Stevens Institute of Technology associate professor Negar Tavassolian. About a...

Wearables Market Still Growing Strong

by Alfred Poor | September 3, 2019 | Enabling Tech, Fitness, Health, Medical

A few years ago, you could strap a hand-soldered circuit board onto a wrist strap and grab headlines. Fortunately, the feeding frenzy over wearable technology has subsided somewhat, but that doesn’t mean that this maturing industry has stalled. To the contrary,...