by Bruce Brown | December 29, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Brain plasticity — the ability to change based on experience and time — holds promise for wide-ranging advances in health and medical technology. In the field of robotics, intentional brain rewiring enables breaching the brain-machine interface. In short,...
by Bruce Brown | December 28, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
Well, it’s almost official. Computer and video game addiction is on the verge of recognition as a medical thing. A World Health Organization (WHO) draft document for tracking Mortality and Morbidity Statistics includes gaming disorder. The eleventh edition of...
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by Bruce Brown | December 27, 2017 | General News, Medical
Twente helps people get moving. The University of Twente in Enschede, Netherlands, is a public research school with degree programs in diverse fields focuses on engineering. We’ve written previously about Twente projects to assist movement and walking. We...
by Bruce Brown | December 26, 2017 | General News, Medical
How do you recognize true pioneers? They’re the ones with arrows in their backs. Early tech adopters fully expect glitches, bugs, and even the occasional failure or system reboot. Innovative medical tech doesn’t work like that, thank goodness. After...
by Bruce Brown | December 25, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
As anyone who takes multiple medications knows, keeping track of how many, how often, and when to take various pills can be a pain. Without a system, taking pills as needed and keeping prescriptions filled require close attention. Providence, Rhode Island-based Vitae...
