by Bruce Brown | March 1, 2018 | General News, Health
The Baby Boomer population bubble following World War II lasted for 18 years of optimism from 1946 to 1964. The first Boomers turned 65 in 2011. The youngest cohort will cross the senior citizen threshold in 2029. This immense group of 75+ million individuals, raised...
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...
by Alfred Poor | July 24, 2015 | Fitness, Health
Study after study shows that consumers, healthcare professionals, insurance companies, and employers are all interested in wearable Health Tech devices to help monitor and improve the health of the user. So it is a bit surprising to see the results of a new survey by...
by Alfred Poor | July 9, 2015 | Enabling Tech
There’s a good reason why TVs and computer monitors and other flat panel displays are rectangular; the matrix of pixels is driven as a series of rows and columns. This makes it very difficult to make a round display, but that’s the form factor that has...
by Alfred Poor | December 17, 2014 | Fitness, Health
Two trends are inevitable in the wearable Health Tech market. One is convergence; devices will take on more and more functions, eliminating the need for many separate devices. The second is price reduction. While many companies have plenty of clever intellectual...