![Wearable System for Visually Impaired [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/06/MIT-3D-camera-for-blind.jpg?resize=599%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | June 6, 2017 | General News, Health
One of the wonders of modern technology is its ability to compensate for impaired or missing functions in the human body. Prosthetic limbs, enhanced hearing, cochlear implants, wheelchairs, and exoskeletons are just a few of the amazing developments that allow...
![Autonomous Driving Comes to Scooters [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/12/MIT-Auto-Scooter-1.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | November 16, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
One of the most important aspects of independent living is mobility: the freedom to go where you want, when you want. Paraplegics and others with physical disabilities may be confined to wheelchairs, but not everyone has the strength and dexterity require to power a...
![Head-Mounted Camera Gives Vision to the Blind [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/11/Horus-head-mount-cameras.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | October 31, 2016 | General News, Health
Robots can recognize objects. Robots can detect obstacles in their path. Why can’t we use technology to provide intelligent sight to the vision impaired? That’s the idea behind Horus, a new system currently in the prototype stage developed by Eyra LTD....
![Play a Game for Two Minutes, Help With Dementia Research [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/05/SeaHeroQuest-600x277.jpg?resize=600%2C277)
by Bruce Brown | May 6, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Dementia is a general term for a group of diseases that affect millions of people. Overall brain deterioration and loss of memory are the major signs of dementia, but it can be further categorized into specific diseases, the most common and well-known of which is...
![BMW Brings Wearable Tech to the MINI [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/04/BMW-augmented-vision1.jpg?resize=599%2C247)
by Alfred Poor | April 30, 2015 | Health
When I think of the MINI, I think of a little car that looks like fun to drive. But I don’t immediately think of cutting edge technology. BMW is set to change that impression. The company has developed MINI Augmented Vision, which provides the driver with useful...
