by Alfred Poor | August 1, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Family members and caregivers are concerned about monitoring and tracking both the elderly and children. Wireless technology can provide a way to keep tabs on loved ones even when they are not in sight. Wearable devices can provide location information, but these...
by Alfred Poor | July 21, 2017 | General News, Health
Fitness bands have become very popular in recent years (though many seem to end up in a kitchen drawer after a few months). But what if you’re not so interested in fitness, but would rather track other health and wellness factors? Do these devices have any...
by Alfred Poor | June 15, 2017 | General News, Health
Crowd-funding has helped many Health Tech devices raise development funds and build a market for new products. Some campaigns have extraordinary success. For example, consider the Hello from Sense. This sleep-tracking device ran a Kickstarter campaign three years ago...
by Alfred Poor | June 9, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
Mary Meeker is a venture capitalist with the firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), and is known for her intensive and extensive annual presentations on Internet Trends. In her report this year, she spent a portion of her presentation on the impact of the...
by Alfred Poor | June 8, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
In the year 2000, U.S. seniors 65 or older fell and required medical treatment 2.6 million times. The total price tag was $19 billion for direct medical costs alone. A bit more than a third of these incidents resulted in bone fractures, but these accounted for more...
