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By Sarah Yanez-Richards
Las Vegas, United States, Jan 9 (EFE).- The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) showcased the latest technology and health advancements, ranging from glasses that serve as hearing aids to wristbands to reduce Parkinson’s tremors, to rings aiding erectile dysfunction and a medical history translator.
“With these glasses you hear what you see,” said Stefano Genco, global director of Nuance Audio at EssilorLuxottica, from one of the 4,000 stands at the event in Las Vegas, United States.
The Italian said that unlike traditional hearing aids, this device can be adjusted to the user’s needs in “a couple of minutes” with an application.
At first glance it is impossible to perceive that the temples of the glasses are equipped so that the user can hear conversations around them and they resemble the smart glasses that technological giant Meta launched together with Ray-Ban last year.
The glasses will be available from September in the US and can be purchased without a prescription at a price of more than $1,100, though the final price has not been announced.
Other exhibitors, such as Gyrogear, which has created a type of wrist brace to stabilize the hands of people with Parkinson’s, let users explain how their invention helps them.
Roberta Wilson-Garrett, a 67-year-old Canadian who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s six years ago, says that this invention will help her in the mornings, when her tremors are strongest, to get dressed and drink a coffee without spilling it.
SOSQR Global seeks to translate the medical history of its users into 20 languages so they can share it with a simple QR code with doctors or pharmacists in the countries they travel to.
This application can also translate the name of medications, for example, in the US, where paracetamol is known as Tylenol.
“You can’t always rely on Google Translate to get the name of a drug in another country. Our system will identify other drugs,” said Christopher Burrow, head of Humetrix’s medical practice.
At the moment this application works in 20 languages and has two versions of English, British and North American.
The boom in telemedicine, which became popular during the pandemic, has made more and more companies think about how to allow users and patients to share information easily and privately with their doctors from a distance.
Withings, a company that gained recognition last year with a device placed in the urinal to analyze urine and give users recommendations about their diet and hydration, presented a digital thermometer this year that can be used as a stethoscope. It provides cardiac and respiratory information. Both models will hit the market this year.
According to Patricia Lopez, executive director of Myhixel, there is still a lot of taboo around sexual health and many prefer to find solutions that they can put into practice from home, such as a physical product and an eight-week online therapy against premature ejaculation.
The Spanish company will present Thursday its new product for psychogenic erectile dysfunction.
“It is a combination of several rings placed at the base of the penis, which help keep the erection, so they can be used as a personal exercise or during sex,” explains Lopez. EFE
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