![Novel Bluetooth Keyboard Senses Taps [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/05/Tap-Strap-keyboard.jpg?resize=598%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | May 12, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
With many mobile devices, you want to type in text and other information, but you’re often hobbled by a small display that shows a little touch keyboard. With a wearable device, such as a smartwatch, the screen is too small to use to enter text. The folks at Tap...
![Synthetic nervous system helps paralyzed man regain use of his hand [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/04/Synthetic-Nervous-System-600x276.jpg?resize=600%2C276)
by Bruce Brown | April 21, 2016 | General News, Medical
We often write about curious, interesting, and impressive new Health Tech, but never have I been astounded as by the results of neural bypass surgery in a joint project by Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Neurological Institute and Battelle. The researchers...
![Throwing a Knuckler at Touch Screens [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/03/Qeexo-touch.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | March 16, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Users need to be able to interact with wearable devices in ways that are easy, intuitive, and precise. It’s not difficult to add touchscreen functions to a small display like a smartwatch, but the small size can make it difficult for interactions to be easy or...
![Smartphone Tracks Parkinson’s Symptoms [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/03/mPower-Parkinsons.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | March 10, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
Parkinson’s Disease is a chronic, debilitating disease for which there is currently no cure, yet it affects seven to 10 million people worldwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ranks complications from the disease as the 14th leading cause...
![Prosthetic Hand Obeys Multiple Inputs [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/02/Touch-Bionics-i-limb.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | February 10, 2016 | General News, Health
Wearable technology comes in a variety of shapes, sizes, and levels of complexity. Perhaps the most complex are the powered prosthetic limbs that aim to replace the functions of human hands. We’ve written about other projects (such as the open-source HACKberry...
