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by Alfred Poor | October 6, 2014 | Fitness
According to statistics cited by Stepsss, a new company in Bulgaria, 30 million Americans ran for exercise at least once a week in 2012. In Europe, the estimate for 2010 was 80 million. And they estimate that each runner spends an average of $100 a year on new shoes...
by Alfred Poor | October 1, 2014 | Enabling Tech
One of the most important sensors in a mobile or wearable device can be a microphone. Without it, a telephone can’t hear you when you speak. Wearable devices can not only process spoken information, but can also work with ambient noises in the wearer’s...
by Alfred Poor | October 1, 2014 | Fitness, Health, Medical
It should come as no surprise that sales of wearable technology devices are on the rise, but the adoption is happening at a breathtaking pace. A new study from Juniper Research in the UK predicts that unit sales worldwide will quadruple by 20117. According to a...
by Alfred Poor | September 23, 2014 | Health, Medical
A new survey by online health site WebMD and its Medscape program for healthcare professionals find that doctors and patients are largely in agreement over the use of Health Tech devices. Now, the doctors surveyed were all part of the Medscape system, and all the...
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by Alfred Poor | September 18, 2014 | Health, Medical
One of the scary parts about being a new parent is that your baby can’t tell you what’s wrong. Pixie Scientific is a new company that hopes to give parents a bit more peace of mind by creating Smart Diapers. These disposable diapers have reagents that...
