by Alfred Poor | September 20, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical
This week, I had the good fortune to attend the North American Healthcare Forum 2018 in Dublin, Ireland. The event was hosted by Enterprise Ireland, a government organization that helps Irish companies grow and develop world markets. This particular event brought key...
by Bruce Brown | September 19, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Advances in wearable health tech raise hope for additional discoveries to relieve or cure people with debilitating or fatal diseases and conditions. The artificial pancreas is a notable case in point, combining continuous glucose monitoring with insulin pumps....
by Bruce Brown | September 18, 2018 | General News, Health
As markets mature, many companies and brands cycle in and out of prominence while other ventures merge or are acquired by others. Unfortunately, some firms disappear from the market. And then there is Withings. We’ve followed Withings from its first entries in...
by Bruce Brown | September 17, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Developments in threads, fibers, and fiber optics used for displays, data transmission, and biometric sensors open many paths for wearable applications. We’ve written about pressure-sensitive flexible plastic fibers that incorporate electrode materials and...
by Bruce Brown | September 14, 2018 | General News, Medical
The escalating potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to wring out new diagnostic tools and uncover heretofore undiscovered relationships and causal factors from big data is exciting, heady stuff. Precisely because the oceans of data from galaxies of sensors can...
by Bruce Brown | September 13, 2018 | General News, Medical
The rapidly growing market for health and wellness wearable devices presents unprecedented opportunities for data analysis in the pursuit of greater understanding of health and disease. Teams of scientists, researchers, and engineers worldwide apply artificial...
