by Alfred Poor | January 7, 2015 | Fitness, Health
Bicycling is a great way to get around. It saves energy and money, and helps with your health and fitness at the same time. But the Wright Brothers would recognize just about any typical bicycle at first glance. The basic design has not changed much in more than 100...
by Alfred Poor | December 31, 2014 | Health, Medical
The Baby Boomers are now the Sandwich Generation, faced with taking care of their aging parents as well as their children. Executives in Silicon Valley are not immune to this development, but some of them have a different reaction to the challenge. In the spirit of...
by Alfred Poor | December 29, 2014 | Health, Medical
Many analysts have forecast that the future of wearable Health Tech devices will be in health and medical applications. That’s where the money is. But while we all focus on heartbeats and blood pressure and oxygen levels and other sensors strapped or stuck to...
by Alfred Poor | December 26, 2014 | Fitness, Health
It looks as though those predictions about wearable Health Tech products being the hot gift this holiday season were on target. If you try to buy a Microsoft Band on the product’s website, you will find a message asking you to “Check back in 2015, or visit...
by Alfred Poor | December 24, 2014 | Enabling Tech
The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates characterized human physiology based on the four colors of the different “humors.” Modern medicine is still interested in color when diagnosing disease and other conditions. One of the recent revolutions is the...