by Alfred Poor | August 7, 2015 | Enabling Tech
The head-mounted display market is a lot bigger than just Google Glass. In the past, we’ve written about the Vuzix M100 Smart Glasses that are available for both enterprise and consumer applications. The glasses are a complete Android computer that you wear on...
by Alfred Poor | July 14, 2015 | Health, Medical
The Law of Unintended Consequences lurks behind any new technology, sometimes revealing unforeseen benefits but more often resulting in some negative outcome. Wearable Health Tech devices are not immune to this effect, and given the nature of their missions, the...
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by Alfred Poor | May 18, 2015 | Medical
If you want to conquer your fears, you must confront them. That’s the concept behind many treatments for people with phobias. Psychotherapists will introduce them to settings that might trigger their reaction, and slowly increase the exposure as the...
by Alfred Poor | May 4, 2015 | Medical
According to a report in the Financial Times (subscription required), Ford has given up on the development of a smart car seat that can detect a driver’s irregular heart rhythms. The idea is that the car could tell if the driver was incapacitated due to a heart...
by Alfred Poor | December 10, 2014 | Fitness, Health, Medical
Earlier this fall, Frost & Sullivan released an industry report entitled “Wearable Technology – Has the next enterprise game changer arrived?” The report provides familiar forecasts of rapid growth for the wearables market, but it goes deeper with its...
