by William McCleary | September 21, 2022 | Enabling Tech
Smaller and much cheaper to produce. That’s what researchers at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) are saying about their new coin-sized biosensing system that reads the body’s electrochemical signals. Intended for use in a...
by William McCleary | September 19, 2022 | Enabling Tech
There’s lots of data in your breath. And the Boston-area start-up Calibre Biometrics set out to harvest that information with a device that tracks respiratory and metabolic metrics in real-time. Together with the design firm Design 1st, they’ve created...
by William McCleary | September 16, 2022 | Enabling Tech, Medical
Fertility tracking and COVID-19 detection may have more in common that one might assume. That connection prompted a study using the Ava bracelet, which is FDA-cleared for the U.S. market and CE-certified for Europe. Designed for fertility monitoring, the device tracks...
by William McCleary | September 14, 2022 | Medical
The longtime tradition of house calls is back in a big way, and it looks as if it’ll be the norm going forward. But at-home healthcare in the modern era doesn’t likely include a doctor knocking on your door, but rather a connection via a telehealth visit....
by William McCleary | September 12, 2022 | Enabling Tech
Flexible electronics have had a seismic impact on the world of wearables: body-contouring patches, devices with stretchable sensors, and implantable electronics of all kinds. But all share one impediment: integration with the human body. As wondrous as these pliable...
