What Did You Miss at CES 2019?

by Alfred Poor | February 12, 2019 | Health, Medical

CES has become the leading show for health tech. The number of exhibitors with health and medical products has grown rapidly in recent years. Nowhere else can you find so many companies in one place, from huge multinational corporations to tiny startups and university...

Expressive Robot Helps Autistic Kids Learn [video]

by Bruce Brown | February 11, 2019 | Health

Robotics continue to find meaningful applications in health care. A.I.-empowered robots in a pilot program in Canada help reduce hospital emergency department wait times and VGo’s telepresence robot augments clinical staff access in a variety of healthcare...

EarlySense Racks Up Impressive Monitoring Stats

by Bruce Brown | February 8, 2019 | Medical

When we first wrote about EarlySense in January 2017 following CES, we noted the multisensory patient under-mattress monitor’s versatility and accuracy. The second part of the article focused on the potential benefits to patients and hospitals in early patient...

Withings Pulse HR Retro Fitness Tracker

by Bruce Brown | February 7, 2019 | Health

We’ve followed Withings before, during, and after its purchase and sell back by Nokia. Not long after Withings regained its independence, the company launched the Steel HR Sport hybrid digital and analog smartwatch, a variation of the Steel HR introduced when...

Headband Helps Improve Sleep

by Alfred Poor | February 7, 2019 | Health

At CES 2019, there were more companies showing sleep technology products than ever before, from smartphone apps to high tech sleeping pods. I often say that sleep technology is like weather reports; they tell you what happened but don’t give you any way to make...

Camera AI Helps You Remember Names [video]

by Bruce Brown | February 6, 2019 | Health

Many adults start to notice memory loss in their mid-40s, but mild age-related cognitive decline among healthy, educated adults typically starts in the 20s and 30s, according to a study by the National Institute of Health. Remembering other people’s names can be...