Tiny Chip Measures Blood Flow

Tiny Chip Measures Blood Flow

Ever listen to a train, or airplane, or helicopter as it approaches, passes, and then starts going away? The sounds are higher pitched when approaching, and lower pitched as the source of the sound moves away. The reason for this is that relative to your stationary...
CES 2016: Fetal Monitor for Consumers

CES 2016: Fetal Monitor for Consumers

There are lots of monitors available to keep track of your child after he or she is born, but what about before birth? We’ve covered other fetal monitors in the past, but at CES 2016, I saw a new device from Comper to monitor fetal heartbeats. The Smart Doppler...
Radar Used to Measure Heartbeats

Radar Used to Measure Heartbeats

When you think of radar, you might well think of the dishes that scan the skies to locate aircraft, sending out radio waves and detecting them when they bounce off a target object. But radar can do more than determine an object’s location; it can also determine...