![MIT and Microsoft Develop On-skin Interfaces [video]](https://i2.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/08/Duo-Skin-with-video-600x273.jpg?resize=600%2C273)
by Bruce Brown | August 16, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Advances in on-skin devices to capture, store, and communicate data proliferated in the past two years. Health Tech Insider has covered temporary tattoos used to read blood alcohol content, check blood glucose levels, and monitor vital signs among other applications....
![Pendant Detects Peanuts and Other Food Allergens [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/08/Allergy-Amulet-with-video-600x278.jpg?resize=600%2C278)
by Bruce Brown | August 15, 2016 | General News, Health
Food allergies cause 200,000 emergency room visits in the U.S. annually, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. In a study by the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, hidden allergens were the cause of nearly...
![Bioelectronics to Control Nervous System Signals [video]](https://i2.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/08/Galvani-Bioelectronics-with-video-600x272.jpg?resize=600%2C272)
by Bruce Brown | August 12, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Imagine having the equivalents of a gatekeeper, a multilingual translator, an air traffic controller, and a bouncer in your nervous system. Now imagine that this team can modulate and redirect signals from the brain and the rest of your nervous system to other systems...
![Paraplegics Regain Control Through VR [video]](https://i2.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/08/Duke-Walk-Again-with-video-600x277.jpg?resize=600%2C277)
by Bruce Brown | August 11, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
An on-going program at Duke University, part of the Walk Again Project in Brazil, helps paralyzed patients regain partial feeling and control of their limbs. The program began in 2013. At the 2014 soccer World Cup in Brazil a patient from the project kicked off a game...
by Bruce Brown | August 10, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Wearable Health Tech requires power to work. The size, shape, and type of power can vary, but any form of action requires power. Most wearable devices use batteries, which come with their own challenges of space, weight, and recharging. If you’re going to wear a...
