by Alfred Poor | March 4, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
It’s no secret; health insurance costs are a serious problem for a large number of U.S. citizens and employers. Wearable Health Tech offers the potential to lower these costs by providing more information about individuals and communities as a whole. Small...
by Alfred Poor | March 3, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
The photo above may look a bit like a satellite surveillance photo of a water treatment plant, but it’s actually something quite different. What you see in the image are sensors that have been embroidered on the inside of a pair of running leggings, as part of a...
by Alfred Poor | March 2, 2016 | General News, Health
“Where’s Waldo?” is a lot of fun; you get to pore over detailed pictures trying to spot the familiar red and white striped shirt. If you’re in charge of a hospital or managed care facility, however, “where’s the patient?” is...
by Bruce Brown | February 26, 2016 | General News, Health
It’s disconcerting — to say the least — when one of your children is sick. As I’m typing this, one of our kids is home sick and we’re all concerned about her, even though she’s an adult and lives 750 miles away. I remember when our...
by Alfred Poor | February 17, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Wearable sensors and related devices are at the heart of the Health Tech revolution, but the question of how to power these systems remains without an optimal answer. One of the attractive solutions is to harvest energy from the surrounding environment to eliminate...