Wireless Sensors Analyze Walking Gait

by Alfred Poor | March 12, 2015 | Health, Medical

Bipedal walking is a bit of a miracle. Just ask anyone who has tried to program a robot to perform a human-style gait. There’s the problem of balancing on one foot while the other sweeps forward, as your body weight shifts from the heel of your foot to the toes....

What Is Apple’s ResearchKit? [video]

by Alfred Poor | March 10, 2015 | Fitness, Health, Medical

In case you missed it, Apple made some announcements yesterday. They talked some more about the Apple Watch, but you still can’t buy one. You can’t even order one until next month. So we’ll wait a bit longer before we discuss what impact it might...

Contact Lens Could Measure Glucose Levels

by Alfred Poor | March 9, 2015 | Medical

This may sound familiar; a company is working on creating a smart contact lens that can continuously measure an individual’s glucose levels. No, it’s not Google. Medella Health in Kitchener, Ontario is also working towards the same goal. Founded by...

Seniors Want Wearable Health Tech, Too!

by Alfred Poor | March 6, 2015 | Health, Medical

The global management consulting firm Accenture recently conducted a survey of more than 10,000 seniors across 10 countries including the United States to find out what they thought about using technology to help them manage their health. And the results were...

Draw a Wearable Sensor with a Pen [video]

by Alfred Poor | March 5, 2015 | Health, Medical

The key to wearable Health Tech devices is to have inexpensive sensors that can collect the desired biometric data. The problem is that these can be expensive or complicated to use. So how about sensors that you can just draw on your skin where you need one? It sounds...

Wearable Monitor Helps Parkinson’s Patients [video]

by Alfred Poor | March 4, 2015 | Medical

Parkinson’s is a debilitating neurological disease that attacks the motor skills of patients, which can make it difficult for them to walk. A group of European researchers led by a team at the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya in Spain have developed a mobile...