by Bruce Brown | December 5, 2017 | General News, Health
Cochlear implants and telehealth stand out as two of the stars on the short list of emerging health tech. Both developments are on fast paths to what looks-like-from-here wide implementation. Telehealth is regularly in the news and we’re on it like white on...
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by Alfred Poor | January 12, 2017 | Fitness, General News, Health
Smart watches are still struggling to gain traction in the market beyond early adopters, but they do have the potential to bring a wide range of functions to a convenient wearable device. With the right sensors, they can also provide useful Health Tech data such as...
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by Alfred Poor | May 20, 2015 | Health
According to Global Eyesight Now, six out of 10 people in the world wear glasses or corrective lenses (or have had corrective surgery). For the majority of these people their days start by putting on a pair of glasses and end by taking them off. VSP Global is one of...
by Alfred Poor | January 15, 2015 | Fitness, Health
At CES 2015, Epson showed their new series of Runsense exercise watches. As we mentioned last fall, Epson has shown signs of making a serious foray into the wearables market, and these new products expand on that effort. The company showed three models of the Runsense...
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by Alfred Poor | January 14, 2015 | Fitness, Health
Sure, that fitness band of yours can tell you (approximately) how many steps you’ve taken, but can it do anything about your cold feet? I didn’t think so. Glagla is a French company that has created the Digitsole, a smart shoe insert that does more than...
