by Alfred Poor | May 19, 2017 | General News, Health
One of the recurring themes here on Health Tech Insider is that the path for success for wearable devices is to add features and do more. Take sleep sensors as an example. Most of them track your motion while you sleep, and some will also track heart rate. From this...
by Bruce Brown | March 31, 2017 | General News, Health
Sleep deprivation and other sleep-related issues are pervasive in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, between 50 to 70 million Americans have some form of sleep disorder. We’ve looked at passive sleep trackers but active apps...
by Bruce Brown | November 25, 2016 | General News, Health
Emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, and biosensors that respond to heat, blood content, breath, and sweat can be as fascinating as they are forward-looking. Occasionally, however, we come across a practical, wearable health tech product that relates...
by Alfred Poor | September 12, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Apnea is a condition in which the subject stops breathing. Most people are familiar with it in adults, especially as associated with snoring during sleep. However, most babies born at less that 35 weeks have periods where they stop breathing, which can result in a...
by Alfred Poor | April 13, 2016 | General News, Health
Part of modern life is that we are assailed by noise. At home, at work, and everywhere in between, noise can make it difficult to sleep, to concentrate, or to simply relax. Bose put active noise cancellation technology on the map — and on consumers’ ears...