Eye Cover for Visually Impaired [video]

Eye Cover for Visually Impaired [video]

When you think about it, a contact lens is really a prosthetic device. It’s an object that we put on a part of the human body to help it function better. But some patients with limited vision need much more than a contact lens. They need a device that can...
SmartWatch Monitors Epilepsy Patients

SmartWatch Monitors Epilepsy Patients

Wearable technology – smart watches, fitness trackers or wristbands – not only helps monitor symptoms automatically, it may be able to predict serious events such as seizures and track disease progression. As wearable devices paired with mobile apps enter...
Wearables’ Role in Digital Health

Wearables’ Role in Digital Health

Health systems across Europe and around the world are facing challenges with an aging population who have chronic health conditions and limited budgets. Digital health is an opportunity to help bridge the gap between healthcare delivery and efficiency of service. A...
Microsoft Touts Windows 10 for Healthcare

Microsoft Touts Windows 10 for Healthcare

Unless you’ve been living under a technology-insulated rock, you’re probably aware that Microsoft recently released the newest version of the company’s operating system, Windows 10. What you may have missed, however, was Microsoft’s pitch that...
Wearable Device to Save Lives for Trauma Victims

Wearable Device to Save Lives for Trauma Victims

Cambridge Design Partnership has developed a device that is small and easy to use to measure and monitor the vital signs of multiple trauma patients for emergency response in disasters and the battlefield. This device, First Response Monitor, is clipped to casualty’s...
Printing New Hands for Children [video]

Printing New Hands for Children [video]

This is an amazing time to be alive. All sorts of new technologies have converged to make the impossible possible. In this particular case, 3D printing, computer-aided design, and digital communications have resulted in a worldwide organization of volunteers who...