by Alfred Poor | April 19, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
One of the simplest functions of a wearable device is to simply announce “I am here.” Yet this simple operation can have a wide range of practical applications. Attached to a car or other valuable object, it can tell you where to find it if it is misplaced...
![24/7 Wireless Patient Monitoring [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/03/Sidly-Care-with-video-600x277.jpg?resize=600%2C277)
by Bruce Brown | March 22, 2016 | General News, Medical
Most often when we hear about wristband wearables, it’s for a consumer product to count steps, measure heart rate, send and receive messages and alerts, and even tell time. As wearable devices gain functions, accuracy, and wireless communications, however, an...
by Alfred Poor | March 22, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
About one in eight women in the U.S. will develop breast cancer during her lifetime, according to Breastcancer.org. Death rates from the disease have been declining in the past decade, partly due to earlier detection and better treatments. One of the keys to a...
![Pressure-Sensing Sock to Help Diabetics [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/03/SenseGo-sock.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | February 26, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
We’ve covered smart socks on several occasions, designed for helping patients with dementia, runners, and seniors who are at risk of falling. Now there is another sock device that is designed to tackle the problem of diabetic neuropathy that often leads to...
![Wearable Personal Posture Coach [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/02/Namu-Alex-with-video-600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Bruce Brown | February 24, 2016 | General News, Health
Do you have forward neck? I do. It’s also called forward posture or sometimes text neck. This condition is common among people who read and increasingly so with folks who spend lots of time using computers or craned over smartphones and tablets. Forward head is...
