by Alfred Poor | October 26, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News
Radio waves are part of the electromagnetic spectrum, occurring at frequencies lower than those of visible light. As the frequencies get higher, the wavelengths get smaller, which means that you need a larger antenna to capture lower frequency radio signals than you...
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by Alfred Poor | July 30, 2015 | Enabling Tech, Health
Being confined to a wheelchair can be limiting for individuals, especially if they do not have the motor control to drive the device. A group of students in a course at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) created an app for Google Glass that would allow patients...
by Alfred Poor | July 29, 2015 | Health, Medical
If you’ve ever been to CES in Las Vegas in January, you may think you’ve seen a big technology show. Sure, it’s the biggest show of its kind in the U.S. but it is dwarfed by the CeBIT show that takes place in Hanover, Germany every March. As big as...
![Teletouch Glove for the Deaf and Blind [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/03/Lorm-Glove.png?resize=600%2C267)
by Alfred Poor | March 16, 2015 | Health, Medical
In the 19th Century, communication technology took a great leap forward with the telegraph, that let people “write” over great distances. Early in the last century, the telephone revolutionized communications again by letting people talk and listen to each...
