Passive Fall Detection Teams Up With Alexa [video]

by Bruce Brown | December 7, 2021 | Health

Last September Amazon announced Alexa Together, an elder care subscription service. On December 7, Amazon launched Alexa Together with a free, limited-time six-month trial. The same day, Vayyar Imaging announced its launch of Vayyar Care, the company’s touchless...

Smart Watch Being Tested for Glucose Measurement [video]

by Unber Shafiq | December 7, 2021 | Medical

Has technology made enough progress that we can use a wristwatch to check our blood glucose levels any time of the day? Maybe. PKvitality has announced the start of a clinical trial for the world’s first Continuous Glucose Monitoring CGM smartwatch, the K’Watch...

The Wearables Market Now Is Driven by Hearables

by Bruce Brown | December 6, 2021 | Health

Supply chain disruptions and shipping delays likely impacted shipments in Q3 2021, but despite these pandemic-related challenges, global wearables shipments increased 9.9% year-over-year (YoY) during the quarter. That’s the big news from IDC’s latest...

Wounds Heal Faster With New 3D-Printed Implant

by Amantha May | December 3, 2021 | Medical

A new, 3D-printed tissue implant that incorporates a patient’s own blood components could help speed up skin wound healing. Researchers from Dublin’s RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences have developed a bioink from platelet-rich plasma to print a...

CES 2022: Smart Mask Also Detects Falls and Fatigue [video]

by Bruce Brown | December 2, 2021 | Health

We’ve written about various wearable technologies that detect fatigue, including a hat, pants, and even an exoskeleton. Netherlands-based AirBliss+ plans to introduce GIBLI — a smart respirator that also detects fatigue and falls — at CESS 2022 in...

FDA Clears New VR Treatment for Back Pain

by Unber Shafiq | December 1, 2021 | Health, Medical

AppliedVR, a team of dreamers helping healthcare move forward through technology-based solutions, has achieved a major breakthrough in the VR tech after getting a recent FDA approval for marketing of EaseVRx: a VR therapeutic system for the management of chronic lower...