CES 2015: Smart Insoles Can Give You a Hot Foot [video]

by Alfred Poor | January 14, 2015 | Fitness, Health

Sure, that fitness band of yours can tell you (approximately) how many steps you’ve taken, but can it do anything about your cold feet? I didn’t think so. Glagla is a French company that has created the Digitsole, a smart shoe insert that does more than...

CES 2015: The ReWalk Exoskeleton in Person

by Alfred Poor | January 14, 2015 | Medical

Last summer, we covered the news that the ReWalk exoskeleton received FDA approval for personal use in the United States. This year, at the ShowStoppers press event at CES 2015, I got the opportunity to see the product in person, and chat with some of the folks from...

CES 2015: Technology to Help Seniors Stay Independent

by Alfred Poor | January 13, 2015 | Health

Early in my technology writing career, I wrote and did training programs about desktop publishing on personal computers. Daniel Will Harris wrote a great book on the subject back then, in which he gave some great advice: “Nobody gives out medals for doing it all...

CES 2015: Open Platform for Workout Data

by Alfred Poor | January 13, 2015 | Fitness, Health

One problem with many of the wearable Health Tech products and services is that they are islands unto themselves. Their data is stored away in proprietary silos, making it difficult for users (and healthcare practitioners) to combine information from different sources...

CES 2015: One Puck Reads All [video]

by Alfred Poor | January 12, 2015 | Health, Medical

Blood pressure, blood oxygen, body temperature, heart rate: these are important physiological measures that are helpful in tracking your health. In most cases, you need multiple devices to take these readings, but Scanadu believes that they can do it all with a simple...

CES 2015: Qardio System Tracks Your Vitals [video]

by Alfred Poor | January 12, 2015 | Health, Medical

It can be important to track your vital signs for a variety of fitness, health, and medical reasons. Qardio has a set of three consumer products designed to cover most of the bases with medical grade data that you can share with your healthcare professionals. The...