by Alfred Poor | September 22, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Machines can do amazing things, but they often have difficulty duplicating some of the most common tasks performed by the human body. Consider skin, for example. It is a flexible, protective layer that can also sense the pressure of objects that contact it....
by Alfred Poor | September 19, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
We write a lot about power here at Health Tech Insider, because the digital electronics used by wearable Health Tech devices require power. Consuming less power — or storing more energy — means that a device can run a lot longer between charges, or be...
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by Alfred Poor | September 15, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
In order for wearable Health Tech devices to “disappear” into our lives, they will have to do their jobs with a minimum amount of attention from the user. That means that they won’t have to be plugged in to recharge them every night (or every week or...
by Alfred Poor | September 13, 2017 | General News, Health
Some people are paraplegics as the result of trauma to the spine. Their body still is capable of functioning, but the line of communications with the brain has been broken. Some researchers are trying to find ways to reconnect those broken connections. Others are...
by Alfred Poor | September 4, 2017 | General News, Health
“Bend your knees when you pick up a heavy object.” We’ve all been told this so many times that just about everyone should know this by now. Yet workers continue to suffer injuries that are classified as “work-related musculoskeletal...
