Perform Ear Exams at Home with New Smartphone Device [video]

by Unber Shafiq | June 1, 2022 | Health, Medical

Remote patient care has become a big part of the new normal, but remote physical exams are still much less prevalent. We recently covered the MedWand device that collects vital data remotely. Children’s TYLENOL has developed a similar technology specifically for...

Computer Exercises Help with Recovery from Brain Injury

by Bruce Brown | May 31, 2022 | Medical

Are you ready for some good news? Let’s start with a blunt reality. “We know very little about the brain,” writer Vivian Lam quoted Neurosurgery Professor Lu Chen in Stanford Medicine’s Scope blog. “We are still in need of an understanding of the...

New Partnership to De-escalate Mental Health Crises

by Unber Shafiq | May 31, 2022 | Health, Medical

Mental health has remained the topic of discussion throughout May as it is being celebrated as the National Mental Health Month. Companies all across the US were raising awareness about mental health. We learned that the percentage of people suffering from symptoms of...

New Eye-Tracking Tech Comes to iPads [video]

by William McCleary | May 30, 2022 | Health, Medical

Apple has given Made for iPad certification to Hiru, an eye-tracking device that launched in 2020 with compatibility only with Windows platforms. Now the interactive device from the Spanish startup Irisbond also works with the iPad operating systems iPadOS 15 and...

Talking Signs Tech Helps Visually Impaired in Public Places [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 30, 2022 | Health

Tel-Aviv-based Konnect, a Volkswagen Group Innovation Hub, recently awarded €25,000 to RightHear to develop a proof of concept to help visually impaired persons access autonomous vehicles. RightHear competed with more than 30 other Israeli startups vying for the...

Moisture-Powered Wearables Are on the Way

by William McCleary | May 27, 2022 | Enabling Tech

Researchers in Australia are working on a way to convert moisture both in the air and on the surface of skin into electrical energy that’s stored in a flexible battery. And it looks like the charge that the battery holds will be strong enough to drive wearables,...