by Bruce Brown | November 9, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
The expression “put on your thinking cap” was first used in 1847 according to Merriam-Webster, referring to “a state or mood in which one thinks.” The results of recent military testing by the 711 Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air...
![Single Device Gives Both TENS and EMS Treatments [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/11/MyTENS-with-video-600x273.jpg?resize=600%2C273)
by Bruce Brown | November 8, 2016 | General News, Medical
Electrical stimulation (e-stim) devices have different purposes. Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) devices relieve muscle pain and tension by stimulating nerve pathways. Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) units relax, build, and strengthen muscles by...
![Smart Prosthetic Limb Components Work Together [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/11/Endolite-Linx-limb-600x278.jpg?resize=600%2C278)
by Bruce Brown | November 7, 2016 | General News, Medical
Movement, balance, gait, walking speed, energy expenditure, and endurance all factor in lower limb prosthetics. We’ve previously covered a bionic leg that produces normal gait by controlling ankle-foot movement. Endolite’s Linx goes further with a fully...
![Light Treatment for Menstrual Pain [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/11/Color-7-Stress-Free-Menstrual-Pain-Relief-with-video-600x273.jpg?resize=600%2C273)
by Bruce Brown | November 3, 2016 | General News, Health
Korean firm Color Seven has developed a wearable device to relieve menstrual pain using low-level light stimulation called Woman Stress Free. Menstrual pain often afflicts women and girls, but the intensity and impact on quality of life vary widely. A cross-sectioned...
![Put A Sock On It – Adding Sensation to Existing Prosthetics [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/10/proCover-Sensory-Augmentation-of-Prosthetic-Limbs-with-video-600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Bruce Brown | October 26, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
There’s growing interest in prostheses that simulate a sense of touch. With rare exceptions, prosthetic limbs are controlled to move as intended by the wearer but do not return any feedback through the sensation of touch. We recently wrote about brain...
