New Program Lets Chemo Patients Stay Home with Remote Monitor

by Amantha May | January 6, 2021 | Medical

Like telemedicine, home hospitalization programs existed well before 2020, but these services were hardly front and center when it came to standard health care practices. The coronavirus pandemic spotlighted telehealth out of necessity while bringing remote patient...

CES 2021: New Non-Contact Sensors Can Track Through Walls [video]

by Bruce Brown | January 5, 2021 | Enabling Tech

Applications for motion-sensing abound. The ability to track movement of people or objects comes in handy in industrial safety, security, smart buildings, and more. We’ve written about Vayyar’s solid state radio frequency monitors for several years....

CES 2021: New Hearable Boost Sounds without Earbuds [video]

by Bruce Brown | January 4, 2021 | Health

The hearables market is the fastest growing wearables sector worldwide. IDC and Gartner have said it, and we’ve said it, too. We’ve covered AI-powered hearing aids, third-generation hearing assistive devices, noise blocking devices, and even hearable...

New Study Shows Early COVID-19 Symptom Detection by Smart Ring

by Amantha May | January 4, 2021 | Health, Medical

A preliminary study conducted by the University of California (UC) San Francisco and UC San Diego suggests that a health tracker could detect early signs of COVID-19. An analysis of health data recorded by the Oura Ring showed that the device accurately identified...

Nighttime Breathing Rate Predicts Heart Attack Risk for Pacemaker Patients

by Bruce Brown | January 1, 2021 | Medical

Sudden cardiac arrest is a killer. According to the CDC, approximately 209,000 people in the U.S. are treated for in-hospital cardia arrest (IHCA) annually. Those were the lucky ones, because they were already in the hospital. In 2015, for example, about 357,000...

Robot Arms Controlled by Just by Thinking [video]

by Amantha May | January 1, 2021 | Enabling Tech

Two years ago, Robert “Buz” Chmielewski underwent a 10-hour operation, during which surgeons implanted six electrodes in his brain. Within a few months of the operation, Chmielewski could control two robotic arms using only his thoughts, transmitted...