by Alfred Poor | March 20, 2015 | Health, Medical
Earlier this week, the New York Times chose to publish an article with the headline “Could wearable computers be as harmful as cigarettes?” (That was later toned down to “The Health Concerns in Wearable Tech,” apparently in response to the...
![Do-It-All Wearable Tracks Vitals [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/03/Vitaliti-sensor.jpg?resize=599%2C201)
by Alfred Poor | March 19, 2015 | Fitness, Health, Medical
The Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE is a competition to develop a portable, wireless device that can monitor and diagnose a person’s health. Named after the medical sensor device from the “Star Trek” series, the competition will choose three teams to share...
![Another Wearable Temperature Monitor [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/03/STEMP-temp-patch-1.png?resize=600%2C197)
by Alfred Poor | March 17, 2015 | Health, Medical
If you’re a parent, you know the dilemma of what to do about a sleeping sick child. You want to know what’s happening with their fever, but you don’t want to wake them up. What to do? The folks behind STEMP — Smart TEMperature Patch —...
![A Smarter Stethoscope [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/03/Eko-Core-stethescope-1.png?resize=600%2C261)
by Alfred Poor | March 17, 2015 | Medical
Our son is a surgeon, and I remember learning while he was in medical school that using a stethoscope is not a trivial skill. And when it comes to explaining a patient’s symptoms, it often becomes a challenging game of “did you hear what I heard?” As...
by Alfred Poor | March 12, 2015 | Health, Medical
Bipedal walking is a bit of a miracle. Just ask anyone who has tried to program a robot to perform a human-style gait. There’s the problem of balancing on one foot while the other sweeps forward, as your body weight shifts from the heel of your foot to the toes....
