by Bruce Brown | March 7, 2023 | Health
At CES 2023, Switzerland-based Biped showcased a smart navigation harness for people with visual impairment. Biped partnered with Honda Research Institute to develop the eponymous Biped copilot harness with self-driving car technology. The harness informs a wearer...
by Bruce Brown | October 27, 2022 | Enabling Tech
A prosthetic that’s smarter, faster, and easier than other technologies sounds like a win-win-win. That’s the three-measure goal a group of researchers from the Stanford Biomechatronics Laboratory set for their untethered exoskeleton. Any prosthetic that...
by Bruce Brown | June 28, 2022 | Enabling Tech, Health
Brain-computer-interfaces (BCI) and artificial intelligence (AI) have the potential to make giant strides advancing human prosthetics. We previously covered a project at the Georgia Institute of Technology that developed an AI-powered prosthesis that restored a...
by Bruce Brown | June 23, 2022 | Health
Hearables account for a growing segment of the wearables market. In 2021, IDC predicted hearables would dominate the double-digit growth in wearables overall through 2024. Most developers in the hearables category focus on devices, in categories such as earbuds,...
by Bruce Brown | June 20, 2022 | Health
Adolescence was tough enough when we were kids. Today’s young people are growing up during what a White House Briefing Room fact sheet describes as “an unprecedented mental health crisis among people of all ages.” The fact sheet cites...