![Headset Helps Legally Blind to See [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/09/eSight-with-video-600x279.png?resize=600%2C279)
by Bruce Brown | September 21, 2017 | General News, Health
We’ve written about eyeglasses as wearable Health Tech several times in the past few years. For example, prescription glasses from VSP have integrated biometric sensors to track activity, movement, drowsiness, and other indicators. We wrote about Orcam’s...
![Smart Devices Display Information in Braille [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/09/Dot-Braille-smartwatch-with-video-600x270.jpg?resize=600%2C270)
by Bruce Brown | September 18, 2017 | General News, Health
According to the World Health Organization, 285 million people worldwide are visually impaired. Of that number 39 million are blind and 246 million have low vision. South Korean Dot, Inc. builds apps and electronic devices that display information in Braille for...
by Alfred Poor | June 12, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
We hear sounds thanks to our eardrums; sound waves create varying amounts of pressure on the eardrum, and these vibrations are transmitted to the inner ear where nerves translate these vibrations to sensations that we perceive as sound. A microphone works in a similar...
![Wearable System for Visually Impaired [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/06/MIT-3D-camera-for-blind.jpg?resize=599%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | June 6, 2017 | General News, Health
One of the wonders of modern technology is its ability to compensate for impaired or missing functions in the human body. Prosthetic limbs, enhanced hearing, cochlear implants, wheelchairs, and exoskeletons are just a few of the amazing developments that allow...
![Deep Learning Diagnosis Diabetic Eye Disease [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/05/eye-control.jpg?resize=600%2C300)
by Alfred Poor | May 11, 2017 | General News, Medical
One of the many complications of diabetes is diabetic retinopathy (DR). This condition results in damage to the retina that can eventually lead to the loss of sight. And the longer a patient has diabetes, the more likely they are to develop DR. It is the leading cause...
