Sticker Detects Cystic Fibrosis from a Baby’s Sweat [video]

by Amantha May | April 12, 2021 | Medical

Parents of newborns who receive a positive cystic fibrosis (CF) screening will admit to licking their babies. A lot. That’s understandable, considering the danger of malnutrition and other complications for infants in their first weeks of life.  Early detection...

Free Power from a Flexible Patch

by Bruce Brown | April 9, 2021 | Enabling Tech

Engineers love a challenge, especially when they can conjure unique solutions. Researchers from the Penn State Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics leading an international team have developed a novel means to power wearables. Led by PSU Professor Larry...

Non-Contact Vital Signs Monitoring System Now Has FDA Clearance

by Amantha May | April 9, 2021 | Medical

Oxevision, an innovative vital signs monitoring system designed by the British company Oxehealth, will soon be available in the United States. The FDA recently granted a De Novo clearance for the Oxevision’s key technology: an optical sensor that can...

Digital Health Packages Help Chronic Patients Make Lifestyle Changes

by Bruce Brown | April 8, 2021 | Health

“You need to exercise more and eat healthier food.” It’s pretty easy for family and friends, colleagues at work, and medical professionals to give that advice. For the recipient, however, the message can be a slow one-two punch. The first blow...

This Exoskeleton Knee-Brace Made Us Break The Rules [video]

by Bruce Brown | April 7, 2021 | Health

We had to make an exception. We don’t normally feature crowd-funded wearables on Health Tech Insider. As a rule we prefer to cover technology available today or under development in university labs or by established medical/wellness enterprises. We don’t...

For Facebook’s Neural Interface, It’s All in the Wrist [video]

by Amantha May | April 7, 2021 | Enabling Tech

Virtual reality glasses, such as Facebook’s Occulus, aren’t simply expensive toys. VR devices likely represent the future of computing, or at least a big chunk of that future. That’s why Facebook intends to get ahead of the game by developing a wearable that...