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by Bruce Brown | May 26, 2022 | Enabling Tech
Berkeley,-based BeBop Sensors recently introduced a smart fabric sensor technology that can give tactile awareness to robots and prosthetics. BeBop RoboSkin has a sense of touch thanks to taxels: pressure sensors that determine the relative amount of force applied...
by Bruce Brown | May 24, 2022 | Health
Healthcare innovation arms of pharmaceutical giant GSK Consumer Healthcare (GSK CH) and digital design and marketing consultancy R/GA recently announced that applications are open for Re/Wire Health Studio’s second cohort. Re/Wire Health Studio is a healthcare...
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by Bruce Brown | May 23, 2022 | Medical
Smartphone cameras and apps may soon be indispensable for health and medicine, especially for digital healthcare at home. Clinical-grade biometric sensors, machine-taught algorithms, and cloud-based healthcare platforms empower new smartphone apps to play increasingly...
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by Bruce Brown | May 19, 2022 | Medical
Yeah, I know, it’s only rock n roll, but I like it. Music may not move everyone, but Portland, Maine-based MedRhythms’ digital therapeutic uses music with sensors and software to help people with neurologic injuries and diseases walk better. MedRhythms and...
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by Bruce Brown | May 17, 2022 | Enabling Tech
Scientists with MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) are developing technology that speeds up soft pneumatic actuator design. Soft actuators perform much of the lifting and moving of physical components in smart robotics,...
