by Bruce Brown | August 3, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
We usually write about new health technology that people wear, hold, carry, or use in their homes. We have noted studies that indicate self-driving cars will support aging at home and covered the Vigo headset monitor that tracks truck driver alertness. Despite the...
by Bruce Brown | December 4, 2017 | General News, Health
Nausea, that debilitating sense that something severely amiss in your stomach threatens rapid emission, can ruin an otherwise perfectly wonderful boat ride, airplane travel, or even a car trip. Nausea serves us by warning when we’re about to vomit when...
![Autonomous Driving Comes to Scooters [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/12/MIT-Auto-Scooter-1.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | November 16, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
One of the most important aspects of independent living is mobility: the freedom to go where you want, when you want. Paraplegics and others with physical disabilities may be confined to wheelchairs, but not everyone has the strength and dexterity require to power a...
by Alfred Poor | January 28, 2016 | General News, Health
As the illustration above from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), car crashes take an enormous toll in this country each year. More than 37,000 people die each year from car crashes, with another 2.3 million suffering injuries. By any measure, this...
by Alfred Poor | January 11, 2016 | General News, Health
Millions of people worldwide suffer from nausea for a variety of reasons. One common cause is motion sickness, which can strike sufferers when they are riding on a boat, in an airplane, or even in the family car. Some skiers even are susceptible to motion sickness....
