Alfred Poor
- Username: AlfredPoor
- PRX Member
- Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent
Recent Pieces from Alfred Poor
Wearable Health Tech: Suicide prevention to VR for chemo patients
(06:50)
From: Alfred Poor
Facebook tries out artificial intelligence (AI) to identify users at risk for suicide; UK researchers find connection between screen time and children's risk of diabetes; and ...
Wearable Health Tech: Wearables that listen, smart cotton, and fall risk assessment
(05:42)
From: Alfred Poor
A new chip could make speech recognition practical for wearables by reducing power consumption; cotton and carbon combine to make smart garments; a wireless system of sensors ...
Wearable Health Tech: Trains, cloth skeletons, and magnetic brains
(06:47)
From: Alfred Poor
Measuring the speed of blood flow with a tiny chip using light; lightweight exoskeletons based on fabric and air; miniature magnetic coils outside the brain that could help ...
Wearable Health Tech: Three Technology Stories
(06:25)
From: Alfred Poor
A transistor that is driven by heat instead of electricity; stomach acid as a means of powering ingestible smart devices; a standby switch that consumes zero power could make ...
Wearable Health Tech: From Speech to Baby Monitors
(06:35)
From: Alfred Poor
Diagnosing disease from speech samples; LinkedIn employees reduce stress with wearable, in Stanford study; infant monitors may cause more problems than they solve
Wearable Health Tech: All Sorts of Sensors
(07:00)
From: Alfred Poor
How a smartwatch may be able to sense your mood; the shortcomings of optical sensors for wearables and how radio frequency (RF) sensors may solve the problems; and how the ...
Wearable Health Tech: CES 2017 Part 4
(06:40)
From: Alfred Poor
Two stories about vision: a $30 device for smartphones that performs eye exams, and glasses with lenses that change as needed. Also a story about how infra-red light may help ...
Wearable Health Tech: CES 2017 Part 3
(06:49)
From: Alfred Poor
More highlights from CES 2017, including a smart mouthguard for athletes that detects head impacts, and a device that see through walls to track people and even monitor their ...
Wearable Health Tech: CES 2017 Part 2
(05:41)
From: Alfred Poor
Highlights of the CES 2017 consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, covering wearables for health and medical applications.
