Do-It-All Wearable Tracks Vitals [video]

by Alfred Poor | March 19, 2015 | Fitness, Health, Medical

The Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE is a competition to develop a portable, wireless device that can monitor and diagnose a person’s health. Named after the medical sensor device from the “Star Trek” series, the competition will choose three teams to share...

Another Wearable Temperature Monitor [video]

by Alfred Poor | March 17, 2015 | Health, Medical

If you’re a parent, you know the dilemma of what to do about a sleeping sick child. You want to know what’s happening with their fever, but you don’t want to wake them up. What to do? The folks behind STEMP — Smart TEMperature Patch —...

A Smarter Stethoscope [video]

by Alfred Poor | March 17, 2015 | Medical

Our son is a surgeon, and I remember learning while he was in medical school that using a stethoscope is not a trivial skill. And when it comes to explaining a patient’s symptoms, it often becomes a challenging game of “did you hear what I heard?” As...

Teletouch Glove for the Deaf and Blind [video]

by Alfred Poor | March 16, 2015 | Health, Medical

In the 19th Century, communication technology took a great leap forward with the telegraph, that let people “write” over great distances. Early in the last century, the telephone revolutionized communications again by letting people talk and listen to each...

DHS Sponsors Competition for First Responder Wearables

by Alfred Poor | March 13, 2015 | Health, Medical

First responders such as firefighters or paramedics often encounter hostile environments where they must perform strenuous tasks in conditions that can include reduced visibility, extreme heat or cold, and other hazards. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has...

Another Exoskeleton Helps Paralyzed Patients [video]

by Alfred Poor | March 13, 2015 | Health, Medical

We’ve written about ReWalk Robotics exoskeleton here in the past, and while that has the distinction of being the first such device approved for personal use in the United States, it is not the only such system available. Ekso Bionics also makes a similar device...