New Partnership to De-escalate Mental Health Crises

by Unber Shafiq | May 31, 2022 | Health, Medical

Mental health has remained the topic of discussion throughout May as it is being celebrated as the National Mental Health Month. Companies all across the US were raising awareness about mental health. We learned that the percentage of people suffering from symptoms of...

New Eye-Tracking Tech Comes to iPads [video]

by William McCleary | May 30, 2022 | Health, Medical

Apple has given Made for iPad certification to Hiru, an eye-tracking device that launched in 2020 with compatibility only with Windows platforms. Now the interactive device from the Spanish startup Irisbond also works with the iPad operating systems iPadOS 15 and...

Talking Signs Tech Helps Visually Impaired in Public Places [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 30, 2022 | Health

Tel-Aviv-based Konnect, a Volkswagen Group Innovation Hub, recently awarded €25,000 to RightHear to develop a proof of concept to help visually impaired persons access autonomous vehicles. RightHear competed with more than 30 other Israeli startups vying for the...

Moisture-Powered Wearables Are on the Way

by William McCleary | May 27, 2022 | Enabling Tech

Researchers in Australia are working on a way to convert moisture both in the air and on the surface of skin into electrical energy that’s stored in a flexible battery. And it looks like the charge that the battery holds will be strong enough to drive wearables,...

Smart Fabric Robot Skin Adds Tactile Awareness [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 26, 2022 | Enabling Tech

Berkeley,-based BeBop Sensors recently introduced a smart fabric sensor technology that can give tactile awareness to robots and prosthetics. BeBop RoboSkin has a sense of touch thanks to taxels: pressure sensors that determine the relative amount of force applied...

New Report Shows Telehealth Helps Underserved Communities

by William McCleary | May 25, 2022 | Medical

Research out of Johns Hopkins University shows that expanded access to telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic brought significant benefit to historically underserved communities with minority populations and in metropolitan areas. The study, published in Health...