by Alfred Poor | May 31, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
We’ve written about exoskeletons many times in the past, but mostly in the context of assistive devices that can help people walk and move better than they could on their own. However, as our past story about Rice Students who modified a knee brace to harvest...
by Alfred Poor | May 25, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
One of the principle characteristics of many wearable Health Tech devices is that they not only gather important information, but they can then transmit that information wirelessly so that it can be stored, processed, and analyzed. Many users are familiar with...
by Bruce Brown | April 22, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Paralyzed people and Parkinson’s disease patients can regain some control of their limbs and symptoms with neural implants. The problem is that with traditional implant hookups, wires from the implant run through the skull and connect with an external computer. Not...
by Bruce Brown | April 7, 2016 | General News, Health
I clearly cannot speak from personal experience, but I know with absolute clarity from family members and friends that menstrual pain can be excruciating. Not all women and girls have the same experience and it’s not always consistent, but one thing is for...
by Alfred Poor | March 21, 2016 | General News, Medical
It’s a classic theme in horror pictures such as Frankenstein; the mad scientist sends an electrical current through the brain of a subject (soon-to-be-monster, in most cases) in order to bring it to life. In real life, scientists have used a similar process to...