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by Bruce Brown | September 29, 2017 | General News, Health
Heart rate variability (HRV) is a versatile and powerful biometric. Wearable health tech companies rushed to create HRV monitors in many form factors. We wrote about Emfit Limited’s Emfit QS that unrolls and claims to measure HRV accurately through your mattress while...
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by Bruce Brown | May 30, 2017 | General News, Health
Most humans breathe bad air. 92% of the world population lives in places where the air pollution levels exceed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Ambient Air Quality Guidelines, according to a September 2016 WHO report. The WHO guidelines refer to annual mean...
by Alfred Poor | December 19, 2016 | General News, Medical
Not all wearable Health Tech devices are high-tech. Some are just clever devices that can help in certain situations. For example, consider the VINO glasses from 2AI Labs. They look like magenta sunglasses, but there’s more to the story. Paramedics and nurses...
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by Bruce Brown | April 26, 2016 | General News, Health
We might as well face it. Most of us spend a great amount of time daily looking at device screens. Computers, tablets, and smartphones are marvelous for all the access to information, communication, entertainment, and creative opportunities they present. What’s...
by Alfred Poor | April 1, 2016 | General News, Medical
Why is the ocean blue? And what does that have to do with premature babies? The ocean is blue because water acts like a color filter, absorbing the red portion of the spectrum, and reflecting back shades of blue. The fact that different substances absorb different...
