by Bruce Brown | September 21, 2021 | Health, Medical
We’ve been covering wearable ECG devices since 2014 when Alfred Poor wrote about the Zio XT Service ECG patch monitor. Among other developments in ECG, in 2019 we noted VivaQuant‘s RX-1 Rhythm Express wearable arrhythmia device. More recently I had hands on...
by Bruce Brown | September 20, 2021 | Health
We usually cover wristband wearables that measure biometrics such as pulse rate, respiration rate, or oxygen saturation. Reliefband’s nausea-prevention wearables are an exception. We first covered the eponymous Reliefband during CES 2016. The original...
by Bruce Brown | September 16, 2021 | Enabling Tech, Health
When inventive minds tackle problems using 3D printing, the results can be impressive. In the past we’ve written about affordable 3D printed bionic arms for children, 3D printed superhero prosthetics, and a 3D printed prosthetic leg with a fin that helps...
by Bruce Brown | September 14, 2021 | Medical
Three-dimensional (3D) printing has come a long way from fabricating tiny dinosaur figures . We’ve written about 3D-printed tissues that speed bone healing, 3D-printed organs, 3D-printed living skin with blood vessels, and much more. Taking “much...
by Bruce Brown | September 13, 2021 | Health, Medical
We wrote about Biotricity’s Bioheart personal heart monitor in January. Biotricity showcased the device during CES 2021. The Bioheart is a chest strap with two dry electrodes. Connected to an associated smartphone app, the Bioheart device can capture and display...