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by Bruce Brown | August 11, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
An on-going program at Duke University, part of the Walk Again Project in Brazil, helps paralyzed patients regain partial feeling and control of their limbs. The program began in 2013. At the 2014 soccer World Cup in Brazil a patient from the project kicked off a game...
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by Alfred Poor | July 11, 2016 | General News, Medical
Amputees often report that they can feel a “phantom limb” where theirs used to be. One of the great challenges is not just to create prosthetic replacements that the patient can control, but that also provide sensations as they are used. This closing of...
![Using VR to Help with Paranoia [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/05/VR-with-video-600x278.jpg?resize=600%2C278)
by Bruce Brown | May 5, 2016 | General News, Medical
“Face your fears.” You’ve heard that before, right? Does it always make sense? What if you’re severely paranoid and need to seek medical treatment? Does it still make sense then? Is it dangerous? Can anything really help? According to...
by Bruce Brown | January 29, 2016 | General News, Health
Global air quality affects us all, but clearly people living in some areas have it much worse than most. Health Tech potentially meets air quality on two fronts: personal protection for individuals and air quality monitoring for the population at large. The...
![Eye Tracking System Available across Platforms [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/08/SMI-Eye-Tracking.jpg?resize=599%2C259)
by Alfred Poor | August 26, 2015 | Enabling Tech
One of the challenges for wearable Health Tech devices is the user interface; how can you interact with and control the device if it’s too small for a touch panel or if you have physical limitations that prevent you from using traditional input technologies?...
