by Amantha May | November 2, 2020 | Enabling Tech, General News
Flexible sensors, like the ones used in skin patches, offer a more precise and comfortable health monitoring option than larger wearable devices with rigid electrodes and wires. Expanding on these advantages, researchers at the Penn State Department of Engineering...
by Bruce Brown | October 30, 2020 | Health
We began writing about hearable devices for people with mild to moderate hearing impairment in 2016, the year that the FDA announced steps to improve consumer access to hearing aids. Several companies pre-announced hearable products, but when the calendar turned to...
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by Amantha May | October 30, 2020 | General News, Health
Proximity detectors have become standard workplace safety technology since employees began to return to work as communities reopen after pandemic lockdowns. SafeDistance by ConnectUp offers the usual benefits that most employers expect from a proximity system by now:...
by Bruce Brown | October 29, 2020 | Health, Medical
Fitness trackers do more than just count your steps. A new study published by the Scripps Research Translational Institute today in Nature shows that activity trackers and personal health sensing devices such as Fitbits and smartwatches can improve COVID-19 detection....
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by Bruce Brown | October 28, 2020 | Medical
Among the many medical and health technologies that we cover on Health Tech Insider, the devices that assist professional or citizen responders at emergency sites may be the most dramatic. In the past, we’ve written about emergency defibrillator locators, smart...
by Amantha May | October 28, 2020 | General News, Health
Concerns about the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on children weigh heavily on the minds of many parents. Speaking for myself, those concerns literally keep me awake at night. Sadly, I doubt I’m alone in that experience. We worry about how the crisis affects...
