by Bruce Brown | June 25, 2020 | Fitness, Health
Exercise is good for you. We’ve heard and believed in the health benefits of physical exercise for years. But what does “exercise” mean exactly? What should we do, and how much how often should we do it? The lack of clarity about which types of...
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by Bruce Brown | June 24, 2020 | Health, Medical
According to a paper published in the Journal of Medical Virology in February 2020, a significant number of COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care may have neurological diseases in addition to acute respiratory failure. The authors of the paper-based their...
by Amantha May | June 24, 2020 | Health
Manufacturing plants, warehouses, and other workplaces that require employees to perform physical labor are taking worker safety more seriously due to the virus crisis. The Reflex is a smart wearable created by KINETIC that monitors body mechanics to reduce the risk...
by Bruce Brown | June 23, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Not all wearables wrap around a wrist, or even are attached anywhere to the outside of your body. In 2016 Alfred Poor wrote on this site about researchers at Arizona State University that created an edible supercapacitor that could deliver energy to a swallowed device...
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by Bruce Brown | June 22, 2020 | Health
We’ve written several times about new technologies designed to help dermatologists diagnose skin cancer. In 2017, we wrote about 3Derm System’s 3Derm handheld that primary care physicians use to take photos of marks on a patient’s skin to send to a...
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by Amantha May | June 22, 2020 | Health
The middle school years present challenges for adolescent girls and those challenges can have a lasting impact on the way girls feel about themselves and their abilities. Moxie Girl, a new app designed for adolescents and teens, aims to help girls build confidence and...
