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by Bruce Brown | October 27, 2016 | General News, Medical
If you’re going to have a heart attack, you might want to plant to have it in Seattle. Earlier this year we wrote about PulsePoint, a service that connects with local 911 emergency call networks to alert CPR-trained citizens nearby when someone has a sudden...
by Alfred Poor | October 27, 2016 | General News, Medical
Telemedicine has the potential to save lives and improve outcomes while driving down overall healthcare costs. One possible avenue to these gains is to avoid expensive and time-consuming office or hospital visits by sending healthcare workers to the homes of patients...
by Alfred Poor | October 27, 2016 | General News, Health
Heroes are those who run into a burning building while everyone else is running out. Firefighters, paramedics, and other emergency first responders put their bodies and lives on the line in their attempts to save the rest of us. Fortunately, wearable technology is...
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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...
by Alfred Poor | October 19, 2016 | General News, Medical
One of the most accurate ways to measure heart activity is by measuring electrical impulses. This is why chest bands with electrodes tend to be more accurate than optical sensors worn on the wrist. Accuracy can be of critical importance in clinical settings where...
