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by Bruce Brown | March 29, 2016 | General News, Health
Powered mobility devices can mean the difference between isolation and participation for many of the 17.1 million of adult Americans (7.1 percent of the population) who find it very difficult if not impossible to walk a quarter-mile, according to the Centers...
by Alfred Poor | January 7, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
The wearables market is not only expanding like the Big Bang, but it also is rapidly maturing. One sign of this is the growing interest by manufacturers to apply their technology to new applications. After pursuing the low-hanging-fruit of the fitness market, some...
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by Alfred Poor | October 28, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
Patients with a wide range of chronic conditions and diseases can find it challenging to interact with devices that rely on traditional interfaces such as keyboards or touch screens. Spoken commands can fit some needs, but another promising approach is the use of eye...
by Alfred Poor | March 4, 2015 | Enabling Tech, Health
We’ve written about exoskeleton robotics as means of providing assistance to the injured and the infirm, but strapping on a metal framework may be more than some patients want or need. A group at the University of Bristol’s Department of Engineering and...
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by Alfred Poor | January 19, 2015 | Health
Hocoma is a Swiss-based company that has developed robotic exoskeletons for use in hospitals and other clinical settings for rehabilitation treatment. They have taken the knowledge that they have gained about neurological movement disorders and applied it to therapy...
