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by Alfred Poor | July 11, 2017 | General News, Medical
The human brain is an amazing thing, but when it doesn’t work when it gets disconnected from other parts of the body. If it can’t communicate with the eyes, a person goes blind. When it loses contact with the ears, the person goes deaf. And if the...
![Wearable System for Visually Impaired [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/06/MIT-3D-camera-for-blind.jpg?resize=599%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | June 6, 2017 | General News, Health
One of the wonders of modern technology is its ability to compensate for impaired or missing functions in the human body. Prosthetic limbs, enhanced hearing, cochlear implants, wheelchairs, and exoskeletons are just a few of the amazing developments that allow...
![MIT Students Design Handheld Real-Time Braille Scanner [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/05/MIT-braille-scanner-with-video-600x276.png?resize=600%2C276)
by Bruce Brown | May 16, 2017 | General News, Health
The U.S. has a literary crisis unrelated to the general population. According to the National Federation of the Blind, only 10% of blind children can read Braille. And only about one percent of text documents are translated into Braille. While there are devices that...
by Bruce Brown | May 12, 2017 | General News, Health
According to a BBC report, technology companies are facing a digital skills gap. There’s a severe shortage of programmers and engineers. Microsoft Research Labs in Cambridge, England is working on a potential solution to the shortage called Project Torino. The...
![Deep Learning Diagnosis Diabetic Eye Disease [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/05/eye-control.jpg?resize=600%2C300)
by Alfred Poor | May 11, 2017 | General News, Medical
One of the many complications of diabetes is diabetic retinopathy (DR). This condition results in damage to the retina that can eventually lead to the loss of sight. And the longer a patient has diabetes, the more likely they are to develop DR. It is the leading cause...
