by Alfred Poor | December 8, 2014 | Health, Medical
Wearable Health Tech devices can produce wonderful benefits; they can deliver a wealth of information about an individual in real time, around the clock. But in some situations, a wearable device can be intrusive and inconvenient. Miniaturization may be able to...
by Alfred Poor | September 18, 2014 | Health, Medical
One of the scary parts about being a new parent is that your baby can’t tell you what’s wrong. Pixie Scientific is a new company that hopes to give parents a bit more peace of mind by creating Smart Diapers. These disposable diapers have reagents that...
by Alfred Poor | September 2, 2014 | Health
Having a newborn baby in the house can be a trying time for parents, especially when it is their first child. Is the baby sleeping soundly? Is he breathing right? Is he on his back or his belly? Wireless audio and video monitors are now standard equipment for many new...
by Alfred Poor | August 19, 2014 | Health
For couples trying to conceive a child, one key metric for a woman’s ovulation cycles is the basal body temperature (BBT). There are many apps available to help track this data, but the data is usually recorded just when the woman wakes up in the morning. The...
by Alfred Poor | August 11, 2014 | Health
Parents worry about their children. It’s natural. Parents of newborns worry more. Parents with their first baby worry the most. (As a grandparent of a newborn, I can also say that grandparents also worry.) When our children were infants, all we could do was try...