by Alfred Poor | February 26, 2015 | Enabling Tech, Medical
In spite of what you might be led to believe by the mainstream media about the “demise” of Google Glass, head-mounted computers are alive and well (including Google’s product). There are several competing systems that are gaining traction in several...
by Alfred Poor | February 19, 2015 | Medical
One problem with people is that parts wear out. Whether due to disease, trauma, or other causes, they can start to fail. Some parts can be repaired, but more and more, physicians are now able to insert replacements to take the place of the original equipment. Edwards...
![Acid-Powered Rockets Explore the Stomach [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/02/Stomach-Micromotors.jpg?resize=599%2C297)
by Alfred Poor | February 10, 2015 | Enabling Tech, Medical
The photo may look like a pair of cooling towers for a nuclear power plant, but they’re not. What you see is a scanning microscope image of two tiny devices, each about one fifth the width of a human hair. Each one is actually a micromotor, and the video shows...
![Wearable Computer Partners with Pilots [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/02/Vuzix-M100.jpg?resize=599%2C247)
by Alfred Poor | February 5, 2015 | Enabling Tech, Medical
No, that is not a picture of Google Glass. (And no, Google Glass is not dead; the company has chosen to focus on enterprise applications instead of consumer uses.) It’s understandable if you made the mistake, however. The mainstream media has behaved for years...
by Alfred Poor | January 28, 2015 | Enabling Tech
One of the most intriguing applications for wearable technology, especially for Health Tech applications, is the head-mounted display. It can provide different images to each eye, resulting in stereoscopic 3D effects. It can be use for virtual reality (VR) immersive...
