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by Bruce Brown | February 4, 2020 | Enabling Tech
We’ve written about Valencell many times. The Raleigh, North Carolina-based company has a strong presence in biometric sensor development. To cite just a few instances, in 2016 we wrote about Valencell licensing hearable sensor patents to Samsung. We covered a...
by Bruce Brown | January 24, 2020 | Health
As of 2016, 93.3 million U.S. adults were obese, according to the CDC. That number equals 39.8% of Americans who are more prone than non-obese adults to heart disease, stroke, Type 2 diabetes, and some forms of cancer. Those conditions and diseases, taken as a group,...
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by Bruce Brown | December 18, 2019 | Medical
The FDA recently cleared Cochlear Limited’s new Osia 2 System implantable bone conduction hearing solution for people with damaged natural hearing systems. Osia 2 breaks new ground in cochlear implants by relying on digital piezoelectric stimulation. The...
by Bruce Brown | November 22, 2019 | General News, Health
The wearable device market shows no signs of slowing down, according to Gartner, a global market research and analysis company. In its latest worldwide wearable devices forecast, Gartner predicts spending will increase by 27% from $41 billion in 2019 to $52 billion in...
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by Bruce Brown | October 29, 2019 | Health
EyeQue’s new Vision Monitoring Kit is the Newark, California-based company’s latest at-home vision testing solution. We wrote about EyeQue’s low-cost optical scope called VisionCheck that attaches to a smartphone display for users to self-administer...
