CES 2017: New Direction in Consumer Brain Stimulation

by Alfred Poor | January 19, 2017 | General News, Health

We’ve covered products from Thync in the past; the company’s first product was a Borg-like device that you would stick to your forehead, and then electrodes would connect behind your ear or some other spot. Originally, the goal was transcranial direct...

Zero-gravity Upper Extremity Exoskeleton Supports Duchenne Patients

by Bruce Brown | January 18, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News

As exoskeleton technology advances, the life-changing potential for specific Health Tech applications grows. We’ve written about exoskeleton tech often, most recently when Hyundai introduced three exoskeleton robots under development to the world and last year...

CES 2017: Tablet Supports Home Health Monitoring [video]

by Alfred Poor | January 18, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical

Remote monitoring of patient health is one of the most effective ways to identify and deal with conditions before they turn into expensive and potentially life-threatening situations. One important key is to make systems easy to use and unobtrusive, so that patients...

Mind Control Interface Enables Robotic Telepresence [video]

by Bruce Brown | January 17, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News

An Australia entrepreneur found a way for people with spinal injuries who have limited or no mobility to take trips, attend classes, lectures, and meetings using a game controller. Aubot’s Teleport telepresence robot can be controlled via the Chrome Browser, an...

CES 2017: No-Contact Device Monitors Health

by Alfred Poor | January 17, 2017 | General News, Health

This story touches on two major themes about Health Tech devices. It’s a story about devices that disappear into our daily lives. And it’s about one of the big take-aways from CES 2017; devices need to prove their accuracy in order to be successful. In...

Robotic Companion for Older Adults [video]

by Bruce Brown | January 16, 2017 | General News, Health

  A significant percentage of older adults live alone. According to Age UK and the U S. Institute on Aging, nearly half of adults 75 and older live alone in the U.K. and U.S. Older adults who live alone often have trouble remembering to take medication,...