by Bruce Brown | June 29, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
Two established health technology companies announced a new partnership to develop biometric sensing ear modules for diverse markets. Denmark-based Sonion and Raleigh, North Carolina-based Valencell will combine their experience and assets in hearing and earphone...
by Alfred Poor | July 4, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
One of the recurring themes here at Health Tech Insider is the need for new technology to provide user interfaces for wearable devices and other digital electronics. Touch screens and keyboards simply are not practical solutions as devices get smaller and smaller....
by Alfred Poor | June 12, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
We hear sounds thanks to our eardrums; sound waves create varying amounts of pressure on the eardrum, and these vibrations are transmitted to the inner ear where nerves translate these vibrations to sensations that we perceive as sound. A microphone works in a similar...
by Alfred Poor | June 2, 2017 | General News, Health
More than two-thirds of American adults are overweight. Clearly, we need to eat less and exercise more. Just as clearly, that is a whole lot easier to say than to do. Researchers have experimented with all sorts of ways to change a person’s behaviors about food...
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by Bruce Brown | May 4, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
Stem cell research to create specific tissues is one of the hottest areas of health tech development. Impressive work is ongoing on many fronts. We’ve covered work by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) and orthopedic surgeons at St...
