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by Alfred Poor | March 30, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Until I heard about VIVY, I had not heard the term “diathermy” and I had to look it up. It turns out that this is a technology that can produce heat deep within muscle tissue. The heat causes increased blood flow, which in turn speeds healing by delivering...
by Alfred Poor | December 22, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News
According to Strategy Analytics, about 690 million households have broadband Internet service worldwide. Of these, nearly two thirds — more than 450 million — have WiFi wireless networking. One company hopes to capitalize on this market penetration by...
by Alfred Poor | October 1, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News
Perpetual motion machines cannot exist, at least according to the Laws of Thermodynamics. Eventually, the energy will leak out and the machine will stop. But if you can provide a machine with an endless external source of energy — such as the sun — it...
by Alfred Poor | July 2, 2015 | Enabling Tech
If wearable Health Tech devices are to be successful, they are going to have to disappear into our lives. If they require that we plug them in (or place them on a charging station) every night or week or month, it will give people one more reason to not use them. This...
by Alfred Poor | April 16, 2015 | Enabling Tech
One of the challenges for wearable Health Tech devices is coming up with a long-lasting, reliable energy source. Various energy harvesting approaches offer some appealing solutions because they eliminate the need to recharge from some electrical source. They can pull...
