CES 2021: Ask Alexa About Your Blood Pressure

by Bruce Brown | January 28, 2021 | Health

Digital voice assistants such as Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri send us reminders, answer questions, and provide music and entertainment at our spoken command. We’ve written about several medical and health-related Alexa Skills such as...

CES 2021: New Breathing Sensor Reduces Risk for Healthcare Workers

by Bruce Brown | January 27, 2021 | Medical

The risk of infection during the COVID-19 pandemic puts healthcare professional in the line of fire. The risk is especially high when clinical personnel use stethoscopes for standard health checks such as listening to patients’ hearts and lungs. The importance...

CES 2021: VR For Stroke Rehab at Home [video]

by Amantha May | January 27, 2021 | Medical

Neurorealilty, an Amsterdam-based startup, made a strong showing in VR, gamification, and health tech at CES 2021 with its inaugural product: Koji’s Quest. Designed specifically for rehabilitation after stroke and other brain injuries, Koji’s Quest offers a...

CES 2021: Track Heart and Mood Measures Without Body Contact

by Bruce Brown | January 26, 2021 | General News, Health

Taiwan-based Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) made a big splash at the first all-digital CES 2021 this year. ITRI showed a variety of biosensing devices in CES virtual showrooms including iCardioGuard. iCardioGuard uses multi-sensing microwave and...

CES 2021: See What Others Cannot with These Smart Contacts

by Bruce Brown | January 25, 2021 | Enabling Tech

Many of us spend much of our time looking at screens while we work, recreate, and communicate with friends and family. It may not be that big a leap to adapt to smart contact lens wearables that could replace our handheld screens. We’ve covered smart lens...

CES 2021: 3D Camera Makes CPAP Mask Selection Easy [video]

by Amantha May | January 25, 2021 | Health

Roughly 22 million adults in the US suffer from obstructive sleep apnea, a breathing condition caused by obstruction of the respiratory airway during sleep. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment has a high success rate… if the patient complies...