![3D Versions of Art for the Blind [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/07/3D-Photoworks-with-video-600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Bruce Brown | July 1, 2016 | General News, Health
By definition, blind people have not been able to enjoy visual arts. If you can’t see it, how can you appreciate it? When blind people visit art museums or galleries, they most often have to rely on recorded audio guides or other people to describe the works....
![Hairy 3D Printing Has Many Uses [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/05/MIT-3D-print-cillia.jpg?resize=599%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | May 20, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Consider hair. It keeps our heads warm (though this is less effective for some of us who are follicly-challenged). It can reduce friction between surfaces. But hairs do much more than that. They keep us from falling over, due to the tiny cilia in the inner ear that...
![Mother’s Voice and Heartbeat Play to Premature Babies [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/05/Samsung-voices-of-life-with-video-600x272.jpg?resize=600%2C272)
by Bruce Brown | April 28, 2016 | General News, Health
Almost 1 in 10 babies are born premature, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Because premature babies often do not have fully developed organs, many difficulties can arise, including breathing problems, feeding difficulties, cerebral palsy,...
![Throwing a Knuckler at Touch Screens [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/03/Qeexo-touch.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | March 16, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Users need to be able to interact with wearable devices in ways that are easy, intuitive, and precise. It’s not difficult to add touchscreen functions to a small display like a smartwatch, but the small size can make it difficult for interactions to be easy or...
![Stretchable “Skin” Display Senses Touch [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/03/Cornell-skin.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | March 14, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
We are constantly moving toward technology that is more like us, whether it’s the ability to “understand” and win a complex game like Go, or to create a humanoid device to interact with us as a caregiver or companion. And we will need to move beyond...
