by Bruce Brown | March 8, 2022 | Medical
Alexa made it to the big leagues. When we first wrote about Amazon’s smart voice assistant Alexa’s role in digital health the topics included applications such as on-demand news and weather reports for visually impaired people, explaining medications, and...
by Alfred Poor | January 20, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
What does finding pipes hidden in the walls of your home have to do with Health Tech? As we learned at CES 2016, the two are closely related. A company named Vayyar has created a 3D scanning system that relies on radio frequency (RF) emissions to see through walls and...
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by Alfred Poor | January 10, 2017 | General News, Health
As we reported last month, the FDA won’t enforce regulations requiring exams and prescriptions for hearing aids. And we predicted that we will see a lot of innovation — and perhaps even lower-priced products — to help people with impaired hearing in...
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by Bruce Brown | June 20, 2016 | General News, Health
Artificial intelligence, robotics, facial recognition, voice recognition, touchscreen display, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, telemedicine, prescription storage, dispensing, and re-ordering: the Pillo can has all of these features, which is why it is billed as “Your Personal...
by Alfred Poor | October 5, 2015 | General News, Health
I’ve often said that wearable technology will succeed when it “disappears” into our lives, not requiring user intervention or maintenance. It will just “be there” and do its job. And like Mr. Ed, it won’t speak unless it has...
