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by Alfred Poor | September 23, 2016 | General News, Health
Many devices are available on the market that claim to help track your sleep, including apps for your smartphone (if you’re willing to sleep with your phone). But as far as I know, none of them are designed to train you to sleep better. An Australian company has...
by Alfred Poor | September 20, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
The enticing appeal of “the quantified self” centers on the idea that if we knew enough about enough factors for enough individuals, we could discover all sorts of useful insights into how we can help people stay healthy. Pool all that information into one...
by Alfred Poor | September 18, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
The camel’s nose is under the tent. Maybe even the whole head at this point. That’s the take-away from a new survey by Ketchum about mobile technology for health and medical applications. For the company’s new mHealth Monitor report, researchers...
by Alfred Poor | August 2, 2016 | General News, Medical
One of the biggest challenges for the makers of wearables and connected Health Tech devices is to clearly demonstrate the cost benefits. It stands to reason that if you can keep people healthier and diagnose diseases and conditions early, you are likely to save money...
by Alfred Poor | July 29, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Radio waves are all around us all the time. In most parts of developed countries (and many under-developed regions as well), cell phone base towers provide a steady source of broadcast signals. Scientists refer to this as “ambient power” — power that...
