Smart Bandage Speeds Wound Healing

Smart Bandage Speeds Wound Healing

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) serves an important role in health and medical technology development. With its “invent the impossible” mindset, DARPA isn’t constricted by any boxes in the search for new solutions to...
AHA 2020 Update: The Cost of Heart Disease and Stroke

AHA 2020 Update: The Cost of Heart Disease and Stroke

The American Heart Association recently published Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics — 2020 Update. This annual report details the health and economic burdens of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the U.S. and worldwide. The AHA updates its widely-cited study each...
Location-Aware Wearable Monitors Vital Signs

Location-Aware Wearable Monitors Vital Signs

Smart yarns and smart fabrics are getting smarter every day. The variety and combinations of smart fabric functions seem almost endless. We wrote about work at Darmouth College developing a smart fabric that can assist rehabilitation and training by sensing joint...
NASA Offers Heartbeat Security Technology

NASA Offers Heartbeat Security Technology

“This is my heartbeat song and I’m gonna play it.” Kelly Clarkson may have been onto something when she wrote the lyrics to “Heartbeat Song.” The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently published details of a...