by Bruce Brown | March 19, 2019 | Enabling Tech
We constantly seek ways to achieve the highest usable output with the lowest power consumption. No matter how far engineers and scientists push the limits of knowledge chasing optimal net ROE (return on energy), there will always be room for improvement. Space travel,...
by Alfred Poor | March 14, 2019 | Enabling Tech, Health, Medical
Most articles about wearable tech focus on the health-related uses of biometric data. Measurements of body functions such as heart rate, temperature, and breathing rate can help identify disease and other conditions. But there’s another big problem facing...
![CPES2019 Features Printed Electronics [video]](https://i2.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/CPES2019.jpg?resize=600%2C275&ssl=1)
by Alfred Poor | March 11, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Electronics used to mean running insulated wires between discrete components. Then came printed circuit boards and integrated circuits contained in chips. But wearable devices need new solutions; circuitry must be able to stretch and bend along with human body parts....
by Bruce Brown | March 7, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Research into new power technologies for wearables continues on many fronts. With tech worn on the wrist, pinned to or integrated with garments, or embedded in prostheses, choosing the best power source can be tricky. We’ve written about innovative power tech...
![LTE-M Certified Medical and Health Data Wearable [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/ATT-LTE-M-Watch-with-video-600x276.jpg?resize=600%2C276&ssl=1)
by Bruce Brown | March 6, 2019 | Enabling Tech, Health, Medical
Smartwatches are poised to take off during 2019 as standalone health tech wearables and for their data aggregation and transmission roles for other devices. We’ve written recently about Withings Move ECG smartwatch. Omron’s HeartGuide oscillometric blood...
by Bruce Brown | March 5, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Developments in electronic skin (e-skin) encompass a wide range of applications beyond healthcare. Healthcare e-skin implementations in the form of skin patch sensors, tactile sensors for prosthetics, and direct printed on-skin sensors apparently are just the start....
