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by Alfred Poor | April 15, 2015 | Health, Medical
We have all sorts of sensors that we can embed in wearable Health Tech devices that can measure all sorts of important biometric data, including standard patient vital signs such as heart rate, heart rate variability, blood pressure, and blood oxygen levels. However,...
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by Alfred Poor | March 11, 2015 | Health
Nearly 7 million people in the United States lose their sight every year. Everyday tasks that most of us take for granted become more difficult, if not impossible. What was the denomination of that dollar bill you just received in change? What color is that sweater...
by Alfred Poor | March 11, 2015 | Enabling Tech
One feature sets a wearable Health Tech device from most other consumer electronic devices like an MP3 player is that the device not only distributes information — such as music — but it also gathers information as well. And to gather information, the...
by Alfred Poor | February 26, 2015 | Enabling Tech, Medical
In spite of what you might be led to believe by the mainstream media about the “demise” of Google Glass, head-mounted computers are alive and well (including Google’s product). There are several competing systems that are gaining traction in several...
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by Alfred Poor | January 28, 2015 | Medical
Stare at the period at the end of this sentence for a few seconds. Now, it may have seemed to you that your eyes were fixated on that spot, but in fact, your eyes continued to make tiny motions called “microsaccades.” These involuntary movements differ...
