by Alfred Poor | April 20, 2015 | Medical
The HealthPatch is a wearable sensor designed to monitor a patients vital signs and track other information, such as physical activity, posture, and even fall detection. Made by Vital Connect, the wireless device has received FDA approval and has the potential to...
![Do-It-All Wearable Tracks Vitals [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/03/Vitaliti-sensor.jpg?resize=599%2C201)
by Alfred Poor | March 19, 2015 | Fitness, Health, Medical
The Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE is a competition to develop a portable, wireless device that can monitor and diagnose a person’s health. Named after the medical sensor device from the “Star Trek” series, the competition will choose three teams to share...
![Another Wearable Temperature Monitor [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/03/STEMP-temp-patch-1.png?resize=600%2C197)
by Alfred Poor | March 17, 2015 | Health, Medical
If you’re a parent, you know the dilemma of what to do about a sleeping sick child. You want to know what’s happening with their fever, but you don’t want to wake them up. What to do? The folks behind STEMP — Smart TEMperature Patch —...
by Alfred Poor | March 11, 2015 | Enabling Tech
One feature sets a wearable Health Tech device from most other consumer electronic devices like an MP3 player is that the device not only distributes information — such as music — but it also gathers information as well. And to gather information, the...
by Alfred Poor | February 27, 2015 | Health, Medical
This is a wonderful time for wearable Health Tech. Many separate industries are all maturing at the same time, creating a synergy that is raising all boats. Wearables are benefiting enormously from the low-cost and high-quality components that have been developed for...
