by Alfred Poor | March 31, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
One of the biggest health concerns in sport — at both the amateur and professional levels — is the damage caused by concussions arising from head impacts. Part of the challenge is that there is not a lot of data about how much impact is enough to cause a...
by Alfred Poor | November 23, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News
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...
![Bionic Hand Released as Open Source [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/06/Hackberry-hand.jpg?resize=600%2C300)
by Alfred Poor | May 29, 2015 | Health, Medical
The photo shows a futuristic prosthetic hand, complete with opposable thumb and forefinger, articulated wrist, and more. One amazing feature is that this is not a someday-maybe technology demonstration; it is available today. And perhaps most amazing is the fact that...
![Teletouch Glove for the Deaf and Blind [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/03/Lorm-Glove.png?resize=600%2C267)
by Alfred Poor | March 16, 2015 | Health, Medical
In the 19th Century, communication technology took a great leap forward with the telegraph, that let people “write” over great distances. Early in the last century, the telephone revolutionized communications again by letting people talk and listen to each...
