by Bruce Brown | November 19, 2020 | Health
Smart glasses have yet to find a killer app. Google tried hard with Google Glass but the wearable’s cumbersome geekiness never really had a chance in the consumer market. Current Google Glass applications center on industrial and scientific applications, with...
by Bruce Brown | November 18, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Hackaday recently announced the Best All-Around and Grand Prize Winner of the 2020 Hackaday Prize plus the winners in four specific challenges. This year’s top award, which include $50,000 cash for development, went to The BYTE, an open-source mouth-actuated...
by Bruce Brown | November 17, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Soft sensors for wearables have to stand up to challenges that sensors in wristbands, pins, belt packs, and glasses never experience. We’ve written about enabling technology developments such as printed stretchable conductors, stretchable fabric battery design,...
by Bruce Brown | November 14, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Most effective exercise programs include a stretching component. During the past few years, developments in stretchable sensors and batteries indicate that stretching is a good feature for wearable medical and health technology as well. We’ve written about...
by Bruce Brown | November 13, 2020 | Medical
Teledermatology is a showcase of telemedicine specialty. Forwarded high-resolution images of moles or other suspect areas of the skin enable dermatologists to make initial judgments without requiring in-person patient appointments. In 2017, we wrote about 3Derm...