by Bruce Brown | January 1, 2020 | Health
Biometric sensors integrated into clothing enable unobtrusive, continuous monitoring for a variety of applications. We’ve written about Hexoskin, a shirt developed at Radboud University Medical School in the Netherlands that measures breathing in patients with...
by Bruce Brown | December 31, 2019 | General News, Medical
Breast cancer screening for women is absolutely essential, One in eight women in the U.S. will have breast cancer in their lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society. What’s more, the breast cancer incidence rates have increased by 0.3% annually in...
by Bruce Brown | December 30, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Wearables and prosthetics serve many functions in collecting data, enabling movement, and improving the wearer’s functional ability and overall quality of life. The ability to sense touch, however, is more than just additive; it can transform the wearer’s...
by Bruce Brown | December 27, 2019 | Medical
Early detection and diagnosis can have a huge impact on the treatment outcomes for many diseases and medical conditions. Epilepsy is a catch-all term for a number of conditions with abnormal electrical activity in the brain that can lead to seizures. According to the...
by Bruce Brown | December 26, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Wearable, implanted, and injectable tech devices can perform some amazing tasks, but most also require advances in miniature power sources. In previous posts, we wrote about various technologies for wearables and implants. Georgia Tech researchers created a device...
