by Alfred Poor | February 14, 2017 | General News, Medical
One of the touchstones for futurists is science fiction, and for many, the Star Trek television series in all their iterations presented worlds that could be. In Star Trek: Next Generation, Geordi La Forge (played by LeVar Burton) was blind, but he could see with the...
by Alfred Poor | February 8, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
“We’ll have to wait for the lab results to come back.” Chances are good that if you’ve had any contact with the healthcare system beyond simple wellness checkups, you’ve heard this line before. Perhaps even more than you care to remember....
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by Alfred Poor | July 8, 2016 | General News, Medical
We’ve covered devices that are designed to send electrical currents through your head (such as “Coffee, Tea, or Thync?”) but this is about a product that uses magnetic fields instead. Brainsway has created a padded helmet that a patient wears for...
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by Alfred Poor | May 16, 2016 | General News, Medical
We all know what robots look like. They are mechanical humanoids with legs and arms and a torso, and they walk stiffly so that we know they aren’t people. But some robots have unusual forms, such as an origami robot that has been created by scientists from...
by Alfred Poor | November 19, 2015 | General News, Health, Medical
The IDTechEx conference was held in Santa Clara, CA November 18 and 19, 2015, covering a wide range of topics including wearable devices and related technology such as sensors, printed electronics, and energy harvesting. This is one of the many items of interest from...
