by Alfred Poor | June 4, 2015 | Medical
The Australian company DorsaVi has created a system that helps healthcare professionals and physical therapists provide more efficient treatment for patients with lower back pain. The ViMove system consists of a pair of motion sensors, two surface electromyography...
by Alfred Poor | March 12, 2015 | Health, Medical
Bipedal walking is a bit of a miracle. Just ask anyone who has tried to program a robot to perform a human-style gait. There’s the problem of balancing on one foot while the other sweeps forward, as your body weight shifts from the heel of your foot to the toes....
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by Alfred Poor | January 23, 2015 | Enabling Tech
One of my favorite parts about a big trade show like CES 2015 is that you get to “discover” all sorts of new products and technology that you might not otherwise hear about. That is exactly the case with Reach Bionics, a company that is developing a new...
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by Alfred Poor | November 17, 2014 | Enabling Tech
Technology is the great equalizer. Low-cost, mass-produced personal computers ushered in a revolution of data processing that made information management more efficient for everyone from large corporations to the average household. And in spite of the fact that...
