CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta shows you the latest in prosthetic technology: bionic hands controlled from an iPhone app. (from YouTube)
FUTURE OF YOU is a 27-min video by KQED and QuestScience about digital sensors, activity trackers and the Quantified Self movement. From wearable activity trackers to personal genetics, it explores the new digital health revolution that…
Failing the Third Machine Age: When [Caregiver] Robots Come for Grandma is a long and thought-provoking article by Zeynep Tufekci, published in 2014. It builds a case against “caregiver robots,” arguing that they are both inhumane…
Smartphones and wellness programs can scare doctors. As implied in “An Apple a Day keeps the doctor away,” smartphones and insurance wellness programs can both reduce the need for doctors, and many of them are terrified…
Based almost entirely on a 2013 article by Stacy Lu, Freelance Writer and TEDMED.com Blog Editor [with editor update added 2/28/2019] Imagine a comprehensive, clinically relevant well-patient checkup using only smartphone-based devices. The data is immediately readable…
Type on your touchscreen with braille. Hear what your camera sees. Learn to sign. Apple products are already simple, intuitive, and easy to use. They also have accessibility features built in – for people with special…
I do love smartphones and tablets (especially the Apple iPhone & iPad). They’re like having a powerful computer in your pocket and support all sorts of mHealth (mobile health) apps, but I have to admit they…
