by Alfred Poor | January 19, 2015 | Fitness, Health, Medical
Smart glasses are for nerds. They look goofy, and they’re incredibly expensive, and it’s not clear what the use case is for the average consumer. But not all smart glasses are the same. JINS is a company that is not yet well know in the United States, but...
by Alfred Poor | December 31, 2014 | Health
According to the National Institute of Health, four out of five people will encounter back pain at some point in their lives. Most treatments include exercises, often to be done under the supervision of professional physical therapists. A new device aims to make this...
by Alfred Poor | December 24, 2014 | Health
Okay, this wearable Health Tech doesn’t really have that much to do with health, unless perhaps you’d include avoiding the anguish of sleeping through your favorite TV show a mental health issue. But it’s too good to pass up, especially given that...
by Alfred Poor | December 23, 2014 | Health
On the classic Star Trek TV series, the Enterprise crew carried “tricorders” that were multipurpose scanner and analysis devices. Dr. McCoy had a special version that could diagnose injuries and disease. Now a Chinese company has released a multi-function...
by Alfred Poor | December 18, 2014 | Health, Medical
Italian researchers sponsored by the Italian Space Agency and NASA have created a vest designed to monitor various biometric measures of astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The purpose is to gather data that researchers can use to try to...