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by Alfred Poor | April 9, 2019 | Medical
Most wearable devices rely on sensors that are outside your body. This makes them convenient to put on and take off, but you need to remember to do so. Implanted sensors have a “set it and forget it” convenience, but then you have the problem of how to...
by Alfred Poor | March 23, 2018 | General News, Medical
Back pain is a major problem. Not only does it result in lost worker productivity, it also can lead to opioid dependence and abuse. As a result, healthcare professionals and other researchers are seeking alternatives to medication as a way to treat chronic pain. Five...
by Bruce Brown | December 25, 2015 | General News, Health
The holiday season brings its usual overload of songs, ads, and jingles; nearly everyone we encounter exhorts us to be merry or wishes us good cheer. For some of us, positivity comes naturally and that usually shows on our faces and in our general demeanor. For people...
by Alfred Poor | April 28, 2015 | Health, Medical
I am often asked what I think it will take for a wearable Health Tech device to be successful. I believe that the key to success will be “invisibility.” By this, I mean that the device has to work without the user having to think about it or fuss with it....
by Alfred Poor | April 23, 2015 | Enabling Tech
If you need diagnostic work done these days, you typically have to provide some blood or other sample that gets shipped off to a lab somewhere. Then you wait for the results to come back. Wouldn’t it be great if you could find out the answers right away?...
