Smart Scale Joins the BewellConnect Family [video]

by Bruce Brown | February 5, 2016 | General News, Health

  We have looked at smart scales in the past, most recently the CES 2016 Innovation Award-winning QardioBase that measures weight, muscle mass, body fat percentage, and water and bone composition, sending data via Bluetooth to your tablet or phone app where it...

A Game to Control Panic Attacks

by Bruce Brown | February 4, 2016 | General News, Health

Breathing is pretty important; the alternative doesn’t bode well for anyone. But the life-enabling process of breathing can also have a healing or calming role. Two fairly common conditions that many of us have at times are hyperventilation and minor panic...

Band Alerts Others of Food Allergies [video]

by Alfred Poor | February 4, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical

15 million children and adults in the United States alone have life-threatening food allergies, often involving common food items and ingredients from peanuts to milk protein.  There is no outward indication that these people are susceptible to a potentially deadly...

Incontinence Alert [video]

by Bruce Brown | February 3, 2016 | General News, Health

People with severe urinary incontinence are often elderly and care dependent, so they need assistance to be changed on a timely basis to prevent infection and skin ulcers, not to mention maintaining their personal comfort. Whether people live in a care facility or...

Steady Growth Forecast for Smart Textiles

by Alfred Poor | February 3, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News

According to some experts in the field, the wearable market ultimately will merge with the clothing industry. Our clothes will be “smart” and connected, and will have sensors built in so that we don’t need to bother with separate devices. Is this...

Family-Developed Night Time Seizure Detector [video]

by Bruce Brown | February 2, 2016 | General News, Health

Managing epilepsy can be challenging, particularly at night when seizures that lack movement and sound are not detected by usual monitoring devices. Especially when one is a caregiver for a child with epilepsy, the very real concern about Sudden Unepected Death from...