Phyxable, a virtual care platform that connects patients with physiotherapists and offers users tools to be proactive with their health, was selected by the Canadian Space Agency as one of five companies to contribute to its 2023 Health Beyond Initiative, which supports sustainable and innovative solutions that address health challenges faced by astronauts.
Dr. Jim Feng, CEO of Phyxable, sat down...
Fitbit has partnered with Virgin Pulse, a mobile-first employee wellness and engagement company, to offer Fitbit trackers at a lower cost and develop personalized wellbeing programs around Fitbit’s Group Health offerings. The collaboration will reach some 2,200 Virgin Pulse employer customers worldwide, and will work to address the challenge of implementing and managing corporate wellness...
In early February, a group of six, three men and three women, embarked on a 45-day expedition in Antarctica to test Astroskin, a smart shirt prototype developed by Carre Technologies for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The CSA also invested $1.12 million in a total of five studies, which they expect to complete in 2014, that explore technologies that aim to make space flight safer for astronauts...
