by William McCleary | May 27, 2022 | Enabling Tech
Researchers in Australia are working on a way to convert moisture both in the air and on the surface of skin into electrical energy that’s stored in a flexible battery. And it looks like the charge that the battery holds will be strong enough to drive wearables,...
by William McCleary | May 25, 2022 | Medical
Research out of Johns Hopkins University shows that expanded access to telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic brought significant benefit to historically underserved communities with minority populations and in metropolitan areas. The study, published in Health...
by William McCleary | May 23, 2022 | Enabling Tech, Medical
A team of researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada have developed a treatment for lymphedema that’s smaller, lighter, and cheaper than many existing treatments. It’s a prototype of a soft robotic sleeve that weighs less than an iPhone 13, and...
by William McCleary | May 20, 2022 | Medical
In 2020, when the telecommunications powerhouse Verizon bought BlueJeans Network, its intentions for the video conferencing platform were kept vague. At the time, Verizon said in a press release that the move was to combine the BlueJeans “meeting platform with...
by William McCleary | May 18, 2022 | Enabling Tech
Photo credit: https://www.tredz.co.uk/ Gas released from your body could very well provide health data through a wearable in the future. No, not that kind of body gas. A new study out of Ohio State suggests that gasses released through a person’s skin can be...