by Alfred Poor | July 1, 2019 | Medical
If you follow technology news at all, it’s impossible to escape the 5G media frenzy. The new wireless standard promises to provide high-speed broadband data access everywhere, though there is plenty of confusion around just what 5G is or is not, and just when it...
by Bruce Brown | June 28, 2019 | Medical
Development teams worldwide work on clinical-grade extended wear biosensors every day. The concept of wearable continuous ECG monitors is especially near and dear to our hearts. We wrote earlier about VivaQaunt’s RX-1 Rhythm Express wearable ECG device that...
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by Bruce Brown | June 28, 2019 | Medical
Approximately 15% of U.S. adults have chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to the CDC. Early stage treatment can slow CKD progression through the five stages of severity. For patients whose kidney disease continues to the fifth stage — called end-stage renal...
by Bruce Brown | June 27, 2019 | Health
Obesity and diabetes will bury our country if we don’t stem the onslaught of this double whammy. Proposed solutions abound but must be tested and cleared for general use. The FDA’s role as the arbiter that decides whether companies may or may not market...
by Alfred Poor | June 27, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Captain Hook made prosthetic hands famous, but his was not capable of movement and had limited functionality. Today, low-cost movable prosthetic hands are fabricated quickly and inexpensively using 3D printing technology. And we now have powered prosthetic hands, but...
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by Bruce Brown | June 25, 2019 | Health
Each year more than 300,000 people aged 65 and older in the U.S. break their hips, usually by falling. Dainese is a Colceresa, Italy-based high-end motorcycle apparel manufacturer. Their recently-introduced D-Air Smart Jacket incorporates technology that reduce the...
