by Bruce Brown | September 14, 2020 | Health
Health officials recommend that people wear masks to help reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus. However, this prudent practice can make it harder to understand what others are saying. People with normal hearing often attend to facial expressions and lip movement to...
by Amantha May | September 14, 2020 | General News, Health
Oral birth control pills are 99% effective at preventing an unwanted pregnancy… only if used perfectly without missing a single dose. But people aren’t perfect, and most women who use oral birth control miss a dose once in a while, so the pill has a 9% failure...
by Bruce Brown | September 11, 2020 | Enabling Tech
When designing a wearable device, engineers must consider how long a battery will run between recharging sessions. We write about new battery technologies often, most recently covering stretchable, flexible batteries that are durable, comfortable, and convenient when...
by Amantha May | September 11, 2020 | General News, Medical
Parents of children with Type 1 diabetes face the extraordinary challenge of monitoring their child’s blood glucose levels day and night. A national clinical trial has demonstrated that an artificial pancreas system, first developed at the University of Virginia, does...
by Bruce Brown | September 10, 2020 | Health, Medical
We now have a new way that your smartphone could save your life, using a simple selfie. Conventional camera sales tumbled after the 2007 launch of the first generation Apple iPhone with a 2MP rear camera. Apple’s 2010 iPhone 4 introduction gave the world the...
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by Bruce Brown | September 9, 2020 | Medical
Telemedicine has been a significant success story in the past few years. Telemedical remote access for specialist consults, rehab support, and post-discharge remote patient monitoring are among the early poster applications of the growing technology....
