Alexa’s Show and Tell feature IDs objects for blind and low-vision users
/The feature is available in the US on Echo Show devices.
Read MoreAtlanta App iAccess Helps Users Rate and Review Venues’ Accessibility
/When Brandon Winfield was a teen in California, he and his friends were obsessed with motocross racing—to the point that one of Winfield’s first words was motorcycle.
Read MoreGoogle Maps now helps visually impaired people cross the street and stay on course
/Using voice directions.
Read More‘It’s my escape.’ How video games help people cope with disabilities.
/When Jackson Reece lost his arms and legs to sepsis after already being paralyzed, he thought his life was over. It was video games that brought him back.
Read MoremHealth Group to Develop an Android Version of Apple Health App
/Cornell Tech and UCSF are partnering with several mHealth groups to develop an Android version of the Apple Health Records app, potentially giving millions of people access to their health data on mobile devices.
Read MoreGoogle collects face data now. Here's what it means and how to opt out
/The new Face Match technology isn't everywhere yet, but it's always looking. Find out what's happening with your face data and what you can do to stop it.
Key to digital health success: Digging into what doctors want
/“Know your users and start testing right away.” That’s key advice onephysician entrepreneur gives others going down the same path, and he saidtheAMA Physician Innovation Network(PIN) has played a crucial role infinding practices willing to test his product and provide useful feedback.
Read MoreFitbits and other wearables may not accurately track heart rates in people of color
/An estimated 40 million people in the United States have smartwatches or fitness trackers that can monitor their heartbeats. But some people of color may be at risk of getting inaccurate readings.
Read MoreAre Digital Smart Health Communities the Future of Community Care?
/Smart health communities are healthcare consumers' response to an increasingly community-based and digital medical industry.
Read MoreAs health tech innovation moves forward, who is being left out?
/The digital health industry has much work to do when it comes to developing technologies for underserved populations, including people of color, the LGBTQ community and women.
Read More8 ways smartphones are being used as medical devices
/Smartphones are quickly gaining the capabilities to make patients’ homes an extension of physicians’ offices, facilitating access to timely medical care. Technological advancements in the phones are enabling them to take higher-resolution photos and deliver better sound quality, suggests Christy Marks-Davis, senior director of marketing for CareCentrix, a company that works with providers and payers to support care of patients in their homes.
Read MoreNew Non-Profit Aims to Develop Digital Medicine Research, Standards
/The Boston-based Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) has attracted a strong array of telehealth and mHealth executives as it moves to define digital medicine and create evidence-based standards.
Read MoreGoogle releases Lookout app that identifies objects for the visually impaired
/Announced last year, it’s available on Pixel devices in the US this week.
Read MoreHealth Care’s Huge Cybersecurity Problem
/Cyberattacks aren’t just going after your data
Read MoreBeyond Wellness For the Healthy: Digital Health Consumer Adoption 2018
/Results from Rock Health’s fourth national consumer survey (2018 data) on digital health adoption and sentiments. Adoption continues to rise while consumers leverage digital health tools to address concrete health needs.
Read MoreMicrosoft’s Halo-themed prosthetic arm will make kids feel like Master Chief
/Microsoft’s 343 Industries has partnered with bionics non-profit Limbitless Solutions to create Halo-themed, 3D-printed prosthetic arms for children. The prosthetic arms are fully functional, with hands that are capable of gripping objects through EMG sensors. The best part is, they’re donated free of charge to recipients.
Read MoreNew voices at patients’ bedsides: Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Apple
/At first it was a novelty: Hospitals began using voice assistants to allow patients to order lunch, check medication regimens, and get on-demand medical advice at home.
IoT Devices Should Deal with Privacy Impacts for People with Disabilities
/The Future of Privacy Forum today released The Internet of Things (IoT) and People with Disabilities: Exploring the Benefits, Challenges, and Privacy Tensions. This paper explores the nuances of privacy considerations for people with disabilities using IoT services and provides recommendations to address privacy considerations, which can include transparency, individual control, respect for context, the need for focused collection and security.
Read MoreIs Amazon Going to Announce a HIPAA-compliant Echo Device Soon?
/There is a rumor out there that Amazon is about to launch a HIPAA-compliant Echo device, which is expected to drive greater adoption of voice in healthcare. But what does it mean for a smart speaker to become HIPAA compliant and what can voice do today?
Read MoreSmart glasses for the hard of hearing are changing theater in London
/When my Aunt Nicki visits me in London, we avoid musical theater and the cinema.
Aunt Nicki is hard of hearing. Although there are many enhanced listening devices available to help her, such as an Assistive Living amplifier or a closed captioning screen that sits in a cup holder, she tells me they don't work well enough.
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