by Bruce Brown | January 20, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Now that wearable tech devices for fitness and health are creeping out of infancy into toddlerhood, we’re likely to see more partnerships, brand expansions, and direction changes. New entrants in both markets may stop thinking they have to reinvent the whole...
![Smart Prosthetic Limb Components Work Together [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/11/Endolite-Linx-limb-600x278.jpg?resize=600%2C278)
by Bruce Brown | November 7, 2016 | General News, Medical
Movement, balance, gait, walking speed, energy expenditure, and endurance all factor in lower limb prosthetics. We’ve previously covered a bionic leg that produces normal gait by controlling ankle-foot movement. Endolite’s Linx goes further with a fully...
![Wearable Sensor Focuses on Workplace Injury Prevention [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/09/Life-Booster-with-video-600x280.jpg?resize=600%2C280)
by Bruce Brown | September 27, 2016 | General News, Health
Despite recent decreases in the incidence of workplace injuries as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were nearly 3 million nonfatal injuries in private industry in 2014. Of those injuries, more than 900,000 resulted in days off from work with a...
![No Slouching with Monolith [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/07/Monolith-with-video-600x274-1.jpg?resize=600%2C274)
by Bruce Brown | July 15, 2016 | General News, Health
Regardless of how many times Mom or Dad told us to “Stand up straight” and “Sit up straight”, most of us don’t. Good posture matters, and not just because we look better when our backs and necks are in correct posture. A myriad of...
![Help Kids Prevent “Tech Neck” or “Gameboy Disease” [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/06/Eye-Forcer-with-video-600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Bruce Brown | June 8, 2016 | General News, Health
Kids hunched over phones and tablets aren’t just a common sight; it sometimes seems like it’s the only view you get of kids unless they’re running up and down a playing field. Bad neck posture can result in neck and back pain. Over time it can...
