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by Bruce Brown | March 1, 2016 | General News, Health
The importance of getting a good night’s sleep for human health and happiness is stressed by both academia and the popular press. For some of us, however, sleep can be elusive. Noise — both familiar and unfamiliar — is a common sleep-robbing culprit....
by Alfred Poor | March 1, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
When I was growing up, the super power I envied most in the Marvel Comics hero, Spiderman, was his “sixth sense” that would tingle when someone was nearby. As I grew older, I learned that this “situational awareness” of your surroundings is an...
![Quick Response Dechoker [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/02/Dechoker-with-video-600x279.jpg?resize=600%2C279)
by Bruce Brown | February 29, 2016 | General News, Health
Not all new Health Tech requires sensors, power sources, microcircuits, and smartphone apps. While devices that easily notch into the Internet of Things get most of the buzz lately, we also find devices that have no electronics at all. For example we recently...
by Alfred Poor | February 29, 2016 | General News, Health
Just because a device has to be utilitarian and functional does not mean that it has to be ugly or look like every other device of the same type. If you consider clothes to be wearable technology, then you get an immediate sense of how important personal statements...
![Remote Baby Thermometer [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/02/ithermonitor-with-video-600x277.jpg?resize=600%2C277)
by Bruce Brown | February 26, 2016 | General News, Health
It’s disconcerting — to say the least — when one of your children is sick. As I’m typing this, one of our kids is home sick and we’re all concerned about her, even though she’s an adult and lives 750 miles away. I remember when our...
![Pressure-Sensing Sock to Help Diabetics [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/03/SenseGo-sock.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | February 26, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
We’ve covered smart socks on several occasions, designed for helping patients with dementia, runners, and seniors who are at risk of falling. Now there is another sock device that is designed to tackle the problem of diabetic neuropathy that often leads to...
