by Bruce Brown | December 4, 2019 | Health
People with impaired vision lose more than their visual acuity. The loss of independence can lead to changin their place of residence and requiring assistance with certain everyday tasks. We wrote about NuEyes in 2016, a lightweight wearable headset that projects...
by Bruce Brown | December 3, 2019 | Medical
Patient adherence to medication regimens can mean the difference between complete recovery and living with lingering poor health and additional complications related to the original condition. We’ve written about smart pillboxes and pill packs designed to help...
by Bruce Brown | December 2, 2019 | General News
New health tech may start in garages or solitary labs at times, but taking a project all the way through development, testing, certification, sourcing, production, and marketing requires significant resources. Technology innovation centers, business incubators,...
by Bruce Brown | November 29, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Using 3D printing to create prosthetics is nothing new. We’ve written about Open Bionics’ low-cost 3d printed bionic arms, the U.K. National Health Service’s program for free 3D printed prosthetic hands, and more. These tend to be mechanical devices,...
by Bruce Brown | November 28, 2019 | Medical
The variety of neurostimulation applications is astounding. We’ve written about neurostim used to reduce migraine frequency, to relieve allergy sinus pain, to treat people with opioid use disorder, depression, adolescent IBS, and much more. My personal...
by Bruce Brown | November 27, 2019 | Medical
We’ve written about telehealth programs and technology including pharmaceutical implants, overdose-detecting wristbands, and more, all developed to combat the opioid addiction epidemic. We’ve also noted work with deep brain stimulation (DBS) to treat...
