by Alfred Poor | November 20, 2014 | Enabling Tech
One of the recurring themes in the presentations at the IDTechEx conference was the need to for wearable Health Tech devices to “disappear” into our daily lives. These products can’t be intrusive, but rather become a part of our normal day-to-day...
by Alfred Poor | November 10, 2014 | Enabling Tech
We all know about batteries. They are heavier and thicker than we wish they were, and they always need to be recharged or replaced sooner than we want. Universities and companies around the globe are hard at work trying to advance the state of the art, and Samsung...
![UCLA Undergrad Group to Create Health Tech Projects [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2014/11/UCLA-entrepreneurs.jpg?resize=599%2C256)
by Alfred Poor | October 29, 2014 | Medical
Many college students see their lives as “on hold” until they can graduate and start working on projects that matter. Five undergraduates at UCLA decided that they don’t want to wait, so they created the new Bruin Medical Entrepreneurs group. This is...
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by Alfred Poor | October 29, 2014 | Health, Medical
Who says that there’s nothing new under the sun? The National Institute of Health (NIH) has announced a new discipline in health research: Mobile Health, or mHealth for short. In a new video, the NIH points out the benefits and challenges of the new advances in...
by Alfred Poor | October 20, 2014 | Medical
One of the problems with diabetes is that patients can develop autonomic neuropathy. This means that the nerves that control the automatic body systems — such as heart beats or digestion — become progressively impaired. The problem is that this can be...
