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 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...
by Unber Shafiq | September 6, 2022 | Enabling Tech, Medical
Parkinson’s disease is difficult to diagnose primarily due to the late onset of typical symptoms such as tremors and slowness. Researchers from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at MIT and MIT Jameel Clinic have developed an AI model...
by Bruce Brown | September 5, 2022 | Enabling Tech
“Higher output than a conventional AA battery.” Those words grabbed Health Tech Insider publisher Alfred Poor’s attention. We’ve covered a variety of new battery technologies including 3D printed batteries, sweat-powered batteries, and...
by William McCleary | August 31, 2022 | Enabling Tech
No batteries are required, and you can say so long to Bluetooth or other digital chips. Normally, these components are needed to send bio-signals from a wearable sensor to a smartphone or a tablet. These rigid devices add to the physical bulk and can make the whole...