by Alfred Poor | July 29, 2015 | Enabling Tech
When it comes to designing wearable Health Tech devices, small is beautiful. In order to make wearables that “disappear” into our lives, everything needs to be made smaller, lighter, thinner, and last longer without recharging. (It’s best if they...
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by Alfred Poor | July 17, 2015 | Medical
If you’ve ever had an injury where you needed to have a leg or an arm wrapped with an elastic compression bandage, you have probably experienced firsthand the biggest problem with this treatment. “Is that too tight? Is it too loose?” The person...
by Alfred Poor | June 23, 2015 | Medical
In science fiction movies, doctors of the future can just wave a handheld device to create live images of functioning organs hidden within a patient’s body. The future is getting closer; CardioInsight has created a one-time use vest that is part of a system that...
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by Alfred Poor | June 18, 2015 | Enabling Tech
The dream system for monitoring a person’s biometric data is a network of always-on sensors distributed around the body, generating all sorts of useful data ranging from vital signs to the levels of different compounds in the blood or tissues. One of the keys to...
by Alfred Poor | June 17, 2015 | Fitness, Health, Medical
Technology presents all sorts of advantages including convenience and savings in time, labor, and cost. However, the Law of Unintended Consequences is always lurking to create new problems that may not have been considered. Wearable Health Tech devices in the...
