by Alfred Poor | February 29, 2016 | General News, Health
Just because a device has to be utilitarian and functional does not mean that it has to be ugly or look like every other device of the same type. If you consider clothes to be wearable technology, then you get an immediate sense of how important personal statements...
![Scientists Create “Bionic Spine” Implant [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/02/Stentrode-bionic-spine.jpg?resize=600%2C274)
by Alfred Poor | February 16, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
One of the most tragic injuries is damage to the spinal cord; the result can be paralysis that leaves the victim trapped forever in a body that will not respond to commands to make it move. When the connection between the brain and body is broken, it is nearly...
![Scientists Grow Replacement Limbs [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/11/Regenerated-limb.jpg?resize=599%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | October 30, 2015 | General News, Medical
More than 1.5 million people in the U.S. have lost a limb. Amazing progress has been made in both passive and powered prosthetic devices, but they still are not the equivalent of the original body part. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have...
![Bionic Leg Produces Normal Gait [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/06/Biom-ankle-system.jpg?resize=599%2C284)
by Alfred Poor | June 8, 2015 | Medical
Human bi-pedal walking is nothing short of an engineering miracle. And running? Forget about it! Balance, the shifting of support from one part of the foot to another, and then to the other foot entirely: it’s all mind-bogglingly complex. And when people lose a...
![CES 2015: More Than a Sensor for Your Sole [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/01/Veristride.jpg?resize=600%2C288)
by Alfred Poor | January 26, 2015 | Fitness, Health, Medical
This photo shows a smart insole for shoes. As you might expect, this device can do a much more accurate job of counting your steps than any wrist-worn fitness band can possibly do. But that’s not why it was created. This device is the work of a group of...
