by Bruce Brown | August 26, 2020 | General News, Health
New hearables continue to hit the market. There are hearables designed for listening to music, for hands-free phone calls, or streaming videos, podcasts, and audible books. We have our eyes – and ears – focused on wearable devices that help people with...
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by Amantha May | August 26, 2020 | Enabling Tech, General News
Wearable health tech doesn’t always require sensors, software, or electricity, and some leading-edge technology doesn’t resemble futuristic robots so much as sci-fi aliens. For people of a certain age (including the author of this article) an innovative new...
by Bruce Brown | August 25, 2020 | Medical
Ophthalmology exams do a lot more than determine what sort of glasses you need. We’ve covered at-home vision screening including EyeQue’s Vision Monitoring Kit and Notal Vision’s ForeseeHome platform. EyeQue’s kit measures for refractive error to...
by Bruce Brown | August 24, 2020 | Health
COVID-19’s horrific strain on medical facilities, healthcare personnel, and budgets continues worldwide. During the pandemic, we’ve seen technology pressed into use in novel ways to protect against spread of the disease. The incidence of healthcare workers...
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by Amantha May | August 24, 2020 | General News, Health, Medical
A fever is one of the most common early signs of viral infection, including the novel coronavirus. Early detection of fever can halt the spread of an infectious virus. A new low-cost wearable known as FeverGuard can identify an individual’s “normal” body temperature...
by Bruce Brown | August 21, 2020 | Medical
During this year’s catastrophic pandemic, many companies, universities, and research institutions directed their development efforts to find ways to detect, diagnose, protect, or even prevent COVID-19. We’ve covered our fair share of devices and...
