Wireless Thermometer Tracks Fever

by Alfred Poor | December 1, 2014 | Health, Medical

Here comes flu season. Even a common cold can cause a person to run a fever, which can cause aches and feeling just plain lousy. Traditionally, you would take a patient’s temperature every few hours, and adjust medication and other treatments as required. But it...

Philips Tackles COPD with Wearable Prototype

by Alfred Poor | December 1, 2014 | Medical

Two facts sum up much of the interest in wearable Health Tech devices and services. The first is that chronic conditions are responsible for a major share of healthcare costs and deaths every year. The second is the hope that more data about individuals and the...

Train Your Brain to Relax [video]

by Alfred Poor | November 28, 2014 | Health

When I was in college in the early 70s, biofeedback was a hot topic. Along with Transcendental Meditation, experimenters were curious about using EEG readings to train users to reach a relaxed state. Wearable technology has made such devices more affordable, such as...

Tele-Medicine for Your Skin [video]

by Alfred Poor | November 28, 2014 | Medical

How many times have you looked at something on your skin — or on someone close to you — and thought “Maybe I should get that looked at.” Now there’s an app for that. First Derm is a smartphone app that lets you take a photo of your skin...

Sensor System for Seniors Needs No WiFi [video]

by Alfred Poor | November 26, 2014 | Health

  Helping older family members live independently is a growing challenge for many people. A variety of “smart home” systems are available, and one recently released a new wearable component. Lively has a wireless network system that now includes a...

International Effort to Validate Health Tech Data

by Alfred Poor | November 26, 2014 | Health, Medical

When it comes to gathering, the honeybee is perhaps the most tireless and focused animal on the planet. Perhaps that’s why it was chosen as the namesake for a program by researchers at Arizona State University. Project HoneyBee is a program intended to validate...