by Alfred Poor | October 15, 2014 | Medical
Psoriasis is a skin condition that results in itchy, scaly patches that can be difficult to treat. It affects as many as 125 million people worldwide. Philips has announced a new wearable Health Tech product — the BlueControl — that helps relieve the...
by Alfred Poor | August 11, 2014 | Medical
Royal Philips and Accenture have joined forces to develop a proof of concept platform designed to give ALS patients and others with neurodegenerative diseases a means to communicate and control their environment, in spite of their paralysis. In a press release issued...
by Alfred Poor | July 31, 2014 | Enabling Tech
Energy harvesting collects power from ambient sources, such as heat, light, or motion, and converts it into another form of energy. In most cases, it produces electricity to do useful work or to be stored for use later. One missing piece, however, is computing...
by Alfred Poor | July 29, 2014 | Health
Wearable technology solutions clearly have many compelling applications when it comes to fitness, health, and medical applications. But as the old saying goes, “Give a kid a hammer, and the whole world looks like a nail.” It is possible that some...
