by Alfred Poor | August 11, 2015 | Health
According to the Centers for Disease Control, one third of all adults 65 or older suffer from a fall each year. Of these, more than one in five incur moderate to severe injuries. In fact, the elderly are five times more likely to be hospitalized for injuries related...
by Alfred Poor | August 7, 2015 | Enabling Tech
The head-mounted display market is a lot bigger than just Google Glass. In the past, we’ve written about the Vuzix M100 Smart Glasses that are available for both enterprise and consumer applications. The glasses are a complete Android computer that you wear on...
by riddhi | August 3, 2015 | Fitness, Health, Medical
FocusMotion can turn any wearable into your own personal fitness trainer. The company now offers an SDK that will use the wearable device’s accelerometer, gyroscope, electromyography, and magnetometer to analyze a user’s movement and pace. A series of algorithms train...
by Alfred Poor | August 3, 2015 | Health, Medical
HealthSpot is a company that has developed a telemedicine kiosk for consumers. Placed in retail settings, consumers can consult privately with a doctor to discuss symptoms and determine what course of treatment is required. The patient is given access to various...
by Alfred Poor | July 31, 2015 | Health
When you think of radar, you might well think of the dishes that scan the skies to locate aircraft, sending out radio waves and detecting them when they bounce off a target object. But radar can do more than determine an object’s location; it can also determine...