by Alfred Poor | June 4, 2015 | Medical
The Australian company DorsaVi has created a system that helps healthcare professionals and physical therapists provide more efficient treatment for patients with lower back pain. The ViMove system consists of a pair of motion sensors, two surface electromyography...
by Alfred Poor | June 2, 2015 | Health, Medical
The key to moving a new technology out of the labs and into production is being able to demonstrate the value that it delivers. That’s the goal for a new collaboration between the University of Rochester and flexible sensor maker MC10. The company’s...
by Alfred Poor | May 6, 2015 | Health, Medical
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently released a list of eight recommendations to change the direction of Alzheimer’s research. The list covers a range of areas, from encouraging more collaboration and transparency among researchers, to developing Big...
by Alfred Poor | May 5, 2015 | Medical
It looks a lot like a costume from the movie Tron, but it’s actually the prototype for a new sock that is designed to prevent injuries to the feet of diabetic patients. Diabetes can lead to circulation problems and loss of sensation in the feet, and patients...
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...
