by Alfred Poor | May 14, 2019 | Health
For a long time, I’ve been predicting that the future of fitness trackers is with the enterprise customers, not consumers. While these devices are “nice to haves” for individuals — especially exercise enthusiasts — they don’t save...
by Bruce Brown | July 11, 2018 | General News, Health
Millennial parents are raising the first generation of children with broadly available healthcare-related artificial intelligence technologies. By the time the Generation Alpha children – those born after 2010 – are teenagers, AI-assisted medical care will...
by Alfred Poor | June 29, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical
I often take pot shots at “expensive pedometers that aren’t very accurate,” but the fact is that the traditional “fitness tracker” is morphing into a useful device for health and medical applications. My smartwatch initially overcounted...
by Alfred Poor | January 25, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
XYZprinting is a company that has been making waves with its low-cost 3D printers. At CES 2016, a portion of their booth was taken up by another branch of the company, XYZlife, which is developing wearable Health Tech sensor modules and smart clothing. One key...
by Alfred Poor | November 27, 2015 | General News, Health
The IDTechEx conference was held in Santa Clara, CA November 18 and 19, 2015, covering a wide range of topics including wearable devices and related technology such as sensors, printed electronics, and energy harvesting. This is one of the many items of interest from...