The Doctor Will See You Now… on Your TV

by Bruce Brown | November 1, 2022 | Medical

Don’t lose your TV remote, because your next house call by a doctor might be coming to a big screen near you. Telehealth services have seen massive growth as a result of the COVID pandemic. We have written about apps that bring primary medical care to patients...

New Solution to Improve Mental Health

by Unber Shafiq | November 1, 2022 | Health, Medical

The recent pandemic has taken a toll on our mental health. From layoffs to new workplace anxieties, people have turned to e-health options for mental health care. We have seen a rapid rise of solutions to meet the demand. One such solution is Calm Health. Calm, a...

New Robotic Finger Is More Sensitive Than Human Skin [video]

by Bruce Brown | October 31, 2022 | Enabling Tech

We’ve written about BeBop Sensors, Inc. several times in recent years, primarily covering the Berkeley, California-based company’s fabric sensor systems and haptic gloves. Most recently in May 2022, we wrote about BeBop’s developments with smart...

A Big Private Insurer Now Covers Digital Therapeutics

by William McCleary | October 31, 2022 | Medical

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared them. And now the private sector may be going all in on digital therapeutics (DTx). At least that looks like the direction we’re headed with the latest move from Highmark, a Pittsburgh-based insurer that serves...

AI Speech Analysis Adds New Dimension to Concussion Detection [video]

by William McCleary | October 28, 2022 | Health, Medical

Even if you don’t follow the NFL, you’ve probably seen one piece of troubling football news: head trauma. The issue is so prevalent that it prompted a study, led by Boston University neurologist Ann McKee, in which researchers conducted post-mortem exams...

Ankle Exoskeleton Learns How You Walk [video]

by Bruce Brown | October 27, 2022 | Enabling Tech

A prosthetic that’s smarter, faster, and easier than other technologies sounds like a win-win-win. That’s the three-measure goal a group of researchers from the Stanford Biomechatronics Laboratory set for their untethered exoskeleton. Any prosthetic that...