by Alfred Poor | May 8, 2015 | Health, Medical
We’ve written about Thync here before: the device that aims to alter your mood by applying electrical charges to your head. It’s a fascinating product concept but it also raises a lot of questions, not the least of which is whether or not it actually works...
by Alfred Poor | May 8, 2015 | Podcast
We’re very pleased to announce the debut of a new product at Center Ring Media: the Wearable Tech Insider podcast. The name, actually, is something of a misnomer, as it includes material and stories not only from our sister site, WTI, but this site as...
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by Alfred Poor | May 7, 2015 | Enabling Tech
We have covered exoskeletons here before; typically, these strap-on devices help paralyzed people walk on their own. A group of students at Rice University are working on a device that doesn’t provide power to the wearer, but instead harvests energy from...
by Alfred Poor | May 7, 2015 | Fitness, Health, Medical
A new report from the market research firm Tractica covers “Smart Clothing and Body Sensors.” As with most early-stage markets, we see the familiar “hockey stick” forecasts that start small and rise rapidly (often with no end to growth in...
by Alfred Poor | May 6, 2015 | Health
One of the clever features of the new Apple Watch is that it can monitor your heart rate. The back of the watch housing contains green and infrared LEDs, paired with light sensors. The infrared lights are used to measure your heart rate every 10 minutes, and if that...
by Alfred Poor | May 6, 2015 | Health, Medical
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently released a list of eight recommendations to change the direction of Alzheimer’s research. The list covers a range of areas, from encouraging more collaboration and transparency among researchers, to developing Big...
