by Bruce Brown | July 17, 2017 | General News, Health
Brainwave detection and cognitive control for relaxation, focus, attention, and performance enhancement are headline promises of wearables that interact with your brain. In late 2015 we wrote about InterAxon’s Muse brainwave-sensing headband and software....
by Alfred Poor | February 8, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical, Podcast
Here’s the fourth and final installment of Alfred Poor’s Health Tech highlights from CES 2017. In this segment, he covers a pair of vision topics: an inexpensive device for a smartphone that gives an eye exam, and glasses with lenses that change shape so...
by Alfred Poor | January 27, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
One of the wonderful aspects of CES is that you inevitably stumble upon a great product that you’ve never heard about before. Such was the case for me with a company that could help people around the world see better. Even if you have great eyesight, your vision...
by Alfred Poor | January 13, 2017 | General News, Health
If you watched the major news outlets’ coverage of CES 2017, you might have gotten the impression that it was largely a virtual reality (VR) show. Clearly, this is a sexy market segment that is a real crowd-pleaser, but the fact is that augmented reality (AR) is...
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...