A New Smart Contact Lens Measures Glucose Levels From Tears

by William McCleary | August 12, 2022 | Enabling Tech

If you believe the old proverb, eyes may be the window to the soul, but one’s peepers could also offer a glimpse of something more practical: blood sugar levels. And it may be possible with smart contact lenses. Researchers at Stanford University and South...

Smartwatch Demonstrates New Blood Sugar Monitoring Success [video]

by Bruce Brown | August 11, 2022 | Medical

Blood glucose monitoring has always been one of the most-watched technologies in digital health and smart wearables. In early 2017, Health Tech Insider first covered Paris-based PKVitality’s ongoing development of a new technology that uses microscopic probes to...

A COVID-Killing Face Mask is (Almost) Here

by William McCleary | August 10, 2022 | Enabling Tech

For some time now, most of us have been relying on face masks to filter out COVID-19. But what if there were masks that did something better, such as deactivating the virus? That’s the idea behind an innovative new antiviral face mask from researchers at the...

Bose Changes Directions and Licenses Its Hearable Tech

by Bruce Brown | August 9, 2022 | Health

Bose Corporation was probably the best known brand to enter the race to produce hearables for people with hearing impairment. Bose first made the company’s intentions clear with a website for Bose Hearphones in 2016. in mid-2021, Bose announced that the...

Smart Gadget Can Translate Your Baby’s Cries [video]

by Bruce Brown | August 8, 2022 | Health

First-time parents can read all the books and go to every class available but still feel helpless when they can’t understand why their baby is crying. Most parents can make a list of the possible reasons their kid wails, but have little confidence in pinning the...

An Ultrasound Sticker Is Primed to Go Wearable [video]

by William McCleary | August 8, 2022 | Enabling Tech

If you’ve ever had an ultrasound, it most likely involved going to an office and getting slathered with warm gel before a clinician rubbed a probe over an area of your body. One day, and perhaps one day soon, that same technology may be possible using just a...