adaptive technology
| 5:00PM 9/24/2009
50.6% of the American population is female, and around 90% of the remaining male population is right-handed. Only the remaining 14 million of us that are southpaws are even aware of a long-standing problem in the design of men's trunk and jockey shorts underwear; the holster is designed for a...
| 12:00PM 12/21/2008
The world of adaptive technology has brought us stunning inventions such as carbon-fiber prostheses that exceed the performance of mere bone-and-muscle legs. Therefore I was taken by not surprised by the ingenuity of a new product, the Touch Sight, a camera for the blind.
The camera, invented by...
| 1:00PM 7/18/2008
Imagine the cost of a new hip, or a concussion with possible long-term damage, or a rotator cuff tear, or replacing your front teeth. Then imagine that these costs could have been avoided by attending to a few simple household changes. For aging boomers facing staggering health costs, avoiding a...