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by Kimberly Houston | October 5, 2017 | Fitness, General News, Health
Smartwatches promise to make our lives easier and more efficient, but there’s a drawback. While traditional watches can run for months or even years, the battery life on most smartwatches is typically one to three days. A watch that harvests energy from outside...
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by Bruce Brown | October 4, 2017 | General News, Health
The relentless search for unique health tech aids, enhancements, gadgets, and software encompasses everything from robotic exoskeletons to neuro-stimulating spinal implants to devices to assist us in daily health maintenance and care. But let’s talk about teeth....
by Bruce Brown | October 3, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Biometric scanning for facility access and computer login isn’t new. Iris scans, fingerprint readers, and more have featured in films and real-world applications for decades. We previously wrote about Imprivata’s patient ID system that uses infra-red...
by Alfred Poor | September 29, 2017 | General News, Medical
Modern medicine has made the treatment of diabetes fairly simple. A patient gets a blood sugar reading, and then injects the appropriate amount of insulin. The process is made much simpler through the use of handheld glucometers that require just a tiny drop of blood...
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by Alfred Poor | September 27, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
We’ve been waiting for this news for a long, long time. “Smart garments” with incorporated sensors and wireless connections have enormous potential, but to date, they have almost exclusively been designed for fitness enthusiasts. The rare exceptions...
