by Alfred Poor | February 24, 2015 | Medical
Many people around the world live with chronic conditions that require daily medication. Microchips Biotech is a company in the Boston area that has developed an alternative to injections or pills that can automatically deliver precise doses of drugs. The device can...
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by Alfred Poor | February 10, 2015 | Enabling Tech, Medical
The photo may look like a pair of cooling towers for a nuclear power plant, but they’re not. What you see is a scanning microscope image of two tiny devices, each about one fifth the width of a human hair. Each one is actually a micromotor, and the video shows...
by Alfred Poor | February 2, 2015 | Enabling Tech, Health, Medical
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have created a temporary tattoo that measures glucose levels. This noninvasive sticker presents an attractive alternative to the customary process that require finger pricks to extract a tiny drop of blood. The...
by Alfred Poor | January 21, 2015 | Enabling Tech
As more and more wearable Health Tech solutions appear on the market, have you ever stopped to consider the technology that makes these possible? Sure, some of the concepts and devices have been developed by the companies themselves, but for the most part, they draw...
by Alfred Poor | November 20, 2014 | Health, Medical
More than 1 billion people worldwide lack access to medical care, but do have access to cellphones. According to Dirk Schapeler, Director of Digital Health for Bayer HealthCare LLC, the cost that results from patients not adhering to their treatment regimen costs more...
