CES 2015: Taking the Emotiv Insight for a Test Drive

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

Why is this man smiling? No, he has not been assimilated by the Borg. He just won a car race, simply by thinking about it. Last summer, I wrote about the Insight wireless headset from Emotiv. It is capable of sensing brain activity, and has many applications including...

CES 2015: Wearable Sensors for Clinical Patient Monitoring

by Alfred Poor | January 15, 2015 | Health, Medical

Last summer, we wrote about the HealthPatch from Vital Connect. I got a chance to meet representatives from the company and see the product firsthand at the ShowStoppers press event at CES 2015.  HealthPatch MD is a wearable sensor package that is not aimed at...

CES 2015: The ReWalk Exoskeleton in Person

by Alfred Poor | January 14, 2015 | Medical

Last summer, we covered the news that the ReWalk exoskeleton received FDA approval for personal use in the United States. This year, at the ShowStoppers press event at CES 2015, I got the opportunity to see the product in person, and chat with some of the folks from...

CES 2015: One Puck Reads All [video]

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

Blood pressure, blood oxygen, body temperature, heart rate: these are important physiological measures that are helpful in tracking your health. In most cases, you need multiple devices to take these readings, but Scanadu believes that they can do it all with a simple...

CES 2015: Qardio System Tracks Your Vitals [video]

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

It can be important to track your vital signs for a variety of fitness, health, and medical reasons. Qardio has a set of three consumer products designed to cover most of the bases with medical grade data that you can share with your healthcare professionals. The...

Welcome to CES 2015

by Alfred Poor | January 6, 2015 | Fitness, Health, Medical

I made it! CES 2015 is as big and crowded as ever before, and this year, there seems to be a special, high-energy vibe that I haven’t seen in years. Perhaps that’s because I’m focused on wearable Health Tech devices and all the related technologies,...