by Alfred Poor | October 21, 2016 | General News, Health
The “quantified self” strategy only works if you have a way to quantify the self. Wearables — including smart watches — offer a handy way to collect such data, but these tend to be fairly expensive and not everyone sees them as a necessity that...
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by Bruce Brown | September 8, 2016 | General News, Health
Proficiency in the six “Activities of Daily Living” (ADLs) often determine care choices for the elderly, chronically ill, or disabled. The ADLs are eating, bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring (walking), and continence. According to Investopedia,...
by Alfred Poor | January 29, 2016 | Fitness, General News, Health
While the media frenzy over smart watches appears to be fading, the fact remains that these are popular devices. One source estimates that Apple has sold more than 5 million Apple Watches so far. And it appears that the demand will continue to grow. Parks...
by Alfred Poor | May 1, 2015 | Health
Now that the Apple Watch is here, we hope to see useful applications to support Health Tech devices. Beltone, a leading maker of digital hearing aids, has already release an app that they hope will help their customers. Digital hearing aids do much more than simply...
by Alfred Poor | December 12, 2014 | Fitness, Health
The market research firm Futuresource Consulting recently released the results of their recent survey of consumer interest in wearable technology. In October, the company repeated a survey that they had conducted just five months earlier in May 2014. The survey...
