Medical MakerSpace for Nurses Opens in Texas [video]

Medical MakerSpace for Nurses Opens in Texas [video]

The Maker movement is a worldwide phenomenon, as inventors and DIY enthusiasts experiment with 3D printers and microprocessors and other high- and low-technology materials to create novel solutions to problems. This sort of innovation is needed in medical settings,...
Health Monitoring System for Pets [video]

Health Monitoring System for Pets [video]

Like people, health monitoring for pets is very important and wearable technology helps with this as well. A number of products are being designed to manage and monitor pet health. Voyce is one such company that creates a solution – consumer and veterinarian...
3D Printing Helps Regrow Nerves [video]

3D Printing Helps Regrow Nerves [video]

Nerve injuries are incredibly difficult to repair. Regrowth of nerve tissue is complex, and getting the right connections made makes recovery from injury or disease very rare. Researchers may have come up with an approach to solve this problem. Scientists used a...
UK Consumers OK Sharing Health Data with Physicians

UK Consumers OK Sharing Health Data with Physicians

Increasing number of consumers own wearables that capture health and fitness data. Now sharing this data with various entities has become easier with newer apps being created that link the personal wearable data with healthcare provider network among others. A recent...
Smart Home Is a Lab for the Elderly

Smart Home Is a Lab for the Elderly

About 3.2 million U.S. households are seniors aged 65 or older, living by themselves. People are living longer, and for a variety of personal, social, financial, and emotional reasons, they want to remain living independently in their own home as long as they can....
Zoll Acquires Kyma Medical Technologies

Zoll Acquires Kyma Medical Technologies

ZOLL Medical Corporation, manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions, recently acquired Tel Aviv, Israel-based Kyma Medical Technologies, Ltd., a manufacturer of a wearable remote patient monitoring device that is used for chronic cardiac...