by Unber Shafiq | December 29, 2021 | Medical
Approximately 537 million adults are living with diabetes worldwide; this number is projected to rise to 643 million by 2030. These are alarming statistics. While newer technologies are being introduced to improve diagnostic and management strategies, this alone is...
by Amantha May | December 29, 2021 | Health, Medical
Recent results from a large-scale clinical trial indicate that the Kaia Health digital musculoskeletal (MSK) therapy platform reduces patient costs considerably compared to conventional therapy for low back pain. The Kaia app applies computer vision technology through...
by Bruce Brown | December 21, 2021 | Health
Digital health for hearing impaired people includes assistive devices and hearing aids plus services such as captioning for telephones, smartphones, and other devices. Earlier this year, we wrote about ClearCaptions’ Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone...
by Unber Shafiq | December 21, 2021 | Enabling Tech
We are 7.9 billion people on the planet. Many of us have one or more electronic devices. While these devices have made life more efficient, the billions of batteries come with an environmental cost. But what if we could solve the issue of adverse environmental...
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by Bruce Brown | December 20, 2021 | Enabling Tech
Engineers in the Stanford University Biomimetics and Dextrous Manipulation Lab may not talk to the animals like Doctor Dolittle, but they do learn from other species. Stanford graduate students recently published a paper in Science Robotics detailing their work...
by Amantha May | December 17, 2021 | Medical
Software that uses a smartphone or smart speaker to monitor breathing now has FDA 510 (k) clearance. The clinically validated app was developed by the University of Washington spinout company, Sound Life Sciences. It uses sonar to detect changes in breathing. Before...
