Mental Health Awareness Month: Tech and Reducing Anxiety
By Christine Persaud
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to reflect on your mental wellness alongside your physical health.
Tag: health
The Latest Health Tech Simplifies At-Home Testing and Monitoring
By Christine Persaud
It’s clear with the latest health tech technology that companies are working on not only products that can make managing your health convenient, but also focusing on prevention. Being able to identify potential issues from your home before they become real concerns could help alleviate stress on the health care system.
Motion Sensing Networks Track Your Every Movement in the Home, Car or Office
by Lee Rickwood
WiFi sensing tools from leading Canadian tech companies make use of predictive analytics to give behavioural insights about people in the home.
AI, VR, MRI and Skull Caps: Technology Turning Brain Research on its Head
by Lee Rickwood
Medical technologies, including wearable brain-imaging gear, new AI and VR programs and advanced ‘hyperscanning’ applications, are being used to peer inside the brain − while it operates.
Holiday Gifts That Promote Wellness and Relaxation
By Christine Persaud
There’s a reason that plenty of fitness trackers and smartwatches now include features like stress monitoring, breathing and mindfulness exercises. We tend to feel pressures nowadays more than ever whether it’s due to work, family, or other obligations, and likely all the above. If you’re looking for a good gift for someone you know could do with some quality R&R, these somewhat non-obvious gift ideas might fit the bill.
Wearables, Biosensors, Neural Implants: Not for Roulette, But Health and Wellness
by Lee Rickwood
More than just counting steps, new health and wellness wearables can remotely and biometrically monitor the health and wellness of patients and even replace common in-clinic evaluations and hospital tests.
Virtual Seniors Use Tech to Connect with Art Galleries, Museums, Healthy Living
by Lee Rickwood
Technology is being used in creative ways to improve health and well-being.
Wi-Fi Sensing a Market Set to Boom, Say Seniors, Service Providers, Tech Developers
By Lee Rickwood
Internet service providers and technology developers who are developing new broadband services – and senior citizens who may need attention at home – are sensing that Wi-Fi is the next big thing.