Best Buy Puts Alexa to Work with Lively Emergency Service

by Bruce Brown | June 9, 2022 | Health

Big box technology retailer Best Buy certainly appears to be “in it to win it.” In 2016, Alfred Poor covered GreatCall’s senior-friendly smartphones and nationwide GreatCall 5Star 24/7 emergency service for older users. In 2018 Best Buy acquired...

New Study: Virtual Reality Reduces Back Pain [video]

by William McCleary | June 8, 2022 | Health, Medical

Can you use virtual reality (VR) to manage chronic pain? A study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research says that it works. The study, which was sponsored by the Los Angeles-based startup AppliedVR, set out to determine the effectiveness of...

New Device to Improve Parkinson’s Treatment [video]

by Unber Shafiq | June 8, 2022 | Medical

Parkinson’s disease is the world’s fastest developing neurological ailment, characterized by involuntary or uncontrollable movements. Charco Neurotech, a company dedicated to helping people with Parkinson’s, has designed a device named CUE1 to...

Patients Are More Compliant With AI Physical Therapy Coach

by Bruce Brown | June 7, 2022 | Medical

After hip surgery, patient compliance with home-based physical rehab prescriptions can speed recovery and improve mobility. Most patients start physical therapy during the first week after discharge from the hospital and attend two sessions a week for three to six...

Use Your Ear to Communicate [video]

by Unber Shafiq | June 7, 2022 | Enabling Tech

The human ear can do a lot more than just listen; it can now regulate an individual’s surroundings. A groundbreaking assistive tech that is under development by Dr Nick Gompertz and a team of researchers at the University of Bath has received new funding. It...

New York State Provides Companion Tech for Seniors

by Bruce Brown | June 6, 2022 | Health

In 2019, I wrote about Flow Neuroscience’s Flow, an app developed to combat depression through engagement. In that article I also mentioned Tracy Crouch, Britain’s first Minister of Loneliness, who was appointed in 2018. The current Minister for Civil...