by Alfred Poor | April 12, 2016 | General News, Medical
One of the fundamental precepts of the U.S. legal system is “Ignorantia juris non excusat,” which means that ignorance of the law is no excuse. This can pose a significant challenge for someone who wants to produce a new product or service, because...
by Alfred Poor | February 19, 2016 | General News, Health
We first covered the Pip a little over a year ago. The little pointed puck is designed to measure “electrodermal activity” as a measure of the subject’s stress level, and a suite of smartphone apps provide exercises and games to help you relax. In...
by Alfred Poor | February 5, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
One of the great promises of wearable Health Tech devices and the “quantified person” is that we will be able to collect massive amounts of data about individuals and communities that will allow us to extract correlations that will help healthcare...
by riddhi | October 19, 2015 | General News, Health, Medical
AXA PPP Healthcare, a joint initiative led by AXA PPP healthcare together with think tank 2020health and the Design Museum, surveyed 2000 adults and 546 teenagers aged 14-17 to understand the usage of health tech. The findings show that teenagers and older generations...
by Alfred Poor | October 5, 2015 | General News, Health
I’ve often said that wearable technology will succeed when it “disappears” into our lives, not requiring user intervention or maintenance. It will just “be there” and do its job. And like Mr. Ed, it won’t speak unless it has...