by Bruce Brown | May 3, 2021 | Health
We often write about aging-in-place and digital technologies that help older people maintain their independence. Driving is a major factor in senior mobility and self-esteem. However, according to the CDC, older drivers have higher crash death rates than middle-aged...
by Bruce Brown | October 19, 2018 | General News, Health
We don’t usually cover patents in Health Tech Insider; there’s little likelihood that any given patent ever will result in a commercial product. But digital voice assistants such as Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple Siri are training consumers to...
by Bruce Brown | December 15, 2017 | General News, Medical
Connected healthcare just edged onto a new tech platform: the first health-related voice assistant apps. Amazon’s Echo family of devices offers a rapidly-growing range of task-specific voice apps for its “Alexa” assistant, which are called...