by Alfred Poor | April 5, 2019 | Health, Medical
Tracking the movements of a person’s eyes has all sorts of potential applications. It can be the basis for a user interface, such as for adaptive applications where a person might not be able to use their hands. It can be used to detect what people find to be...
by Bruce Brown | February 19, 2019 | Medical
Wearable health tech isn’t new. If anyone asks who in their right mind would consent to wear techy gadgets voluntarily, the safest answer would be: “Probably you.” Approximately 78% of U.S. adults (194 million of an adult population of 248 million)...
by Bruce Brown | November 20, 2018 | General News, Medical
Nearly three million Americans have glaucoma, according to the CDC. The disease is one of the most common causes of blindness. When glaucoma is detected, the disease progression can be slowed so that the patient won’t lose any more vision. There are no early...
by Alfred Poor | September 12, 2018 | General News, Medical
The promise of Big Data is that it will be able to learn quickly from huge data sets and find correlations that might escape the notice of a human analyst. If applied to medical applications, this could lead to faster and more accurate diagnoses, which in turn could...
by Bruce Brown | September 7, 2018 | General News, Health
Personal computers and mobile devices have enriched and empowered our lives in many ways. For many of us, however (raising my hand), all that goodness has come at the cost of healthy posture. “Text neck” is the common term for what my doctors call...