Smartwatch WaaS Protects Workers, Kids, and Seniors [video]

by Bruce Brown | January 25, 2018 | General News, Health

Single-purpose wrist, pendant, or pin-on emergency alert devices have been available for decades. Smartwatches paired with smartphones running health and wellness apps are commonplace. In a further step for wearable alert products, Shenzhen-based mobile device...

Nonprofit Provides Access to Free Medical Services

by Kimberly Houston | January 25, 2018 | General News, Medical

The statistics are sobering; at least half of the world’s population cannot access essential health services, and many households are pushed into poverty because they must pay their own health care costs. These were the findings in a new report released by the World...

Free Webinar: Executive Briefing on CES 2018

by Alfred Poor | January 25, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical

CES 2018 was bigger than ever, especially when it comes to wearable and mobile devices for health and medical applications. There were more than 3,900 exhibitors overall, taking up 2.75 million square feet of space. Even the labyrinth of startups that is the Eureka...

New OTC Law Spawns AI-Calibrated Hearables [video]

by Bruce Brown | January 24, 2018 | General News, Health

Nuheara introduced hearables at CES 2018 that would not have been legal six months earlier. IQbuds Boost‘s Ear ID hearing threshold calibration analysis software incorporates National Acoustics Labs‘ NAL-NL2 self-fit protocol. NAL-NL2 is an international,...

Telemonitoring Chronic Health Conditions Reduces Costs

by Kimberly Houston | January 24, 2018 | General News, Medical

With the advent of new technologies come new ways to deliver healthcare. Telehealth services have been around for some time, but the field continues to evolve with the rapid changes in technology, making remote care and monitoring of even serious health conditions...

AI App Describes the World to Visually Impaired [video]

by Bruce Brown | January 23, 2018 | General News, Health

Profound visual impairment in our increasingly visual world disenfranchises blind or partially sighted people. According to a statistic from the U.K.’s Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), sight loss costs the country nearly $6 billion annually due...