IBM Watson E-Tongue IDs Complex Liquids [video]

by Bruce Brown | August 6, 2019 | Enabling Tech

We write frequently about assistive technologies for impaired vision, hearing, touch, and balance. Fortunately, it’s relatively easy to create word pictures to explain the basics of senses that, while not strictly binary, can be quantified. Sure, there are...

Prenatal App Reduces In-Person Visits [video]

by Alice Williams | August 6, 2019 | Medical

Hundreds of American mothers die every year during childbirth, and about 50,000 are seriously injured, even though the US spends more on healthcare per person than any other nation. Perhaps as a response to a perceived lack in the traditional healthcare system, many...

Jedi Prosthetic with a Sense of Touch

by Bruce Brown | August 5, 2019 | Enabling Tech

Robotic prosthetic arms and hands can make dramatic differences in the lives of those who use them. We’ve written about a range of upper limb prosthetics designed to assist people with specific needs including a robot hand that works with quadriplegics, a...

AI Infers Personalized Treatment [video]

by Bruce Brown | August 2, 2019 | General News, Medical

Big data, machine learning, and precision medicine come together with GNS Healthcare’s Causal Machine Learning. In the GNS model, big data provides the means, machine learning is the method, and precision medicine is the goal. The first two elements are...

Energy Harvesting from the Human Knee

by Bruce Brown | August 1, 2019 | Enabling Tech

As wearable health tech proliferates, the search for alternative power sources intensifies. The fast and easy answer for better energy sources for wearables, carryables, and implants is to build find more efficient batteries. However, the pace of new energy cell...

Waterless Dialysis Prototype Pushes Implant Development

by Bruce Brown | July 31, 2019 | Enabling Tech

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) drives artificial kidney research and development. ESRD patients have two choices for survival: a successful kidney implant from a healthy donor or 4 to 6 hours hooked to a dialysis machine 3 or 4 times a week for the rest of their...