Anti-viral Soap Designed to Stop Viruses

by Bruce Brown | May 12, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical

  We’ve had antibacterial soaps since 1984, according to VisionLaunch, and since then their use has been so common that some experts warn against its overuse. It could lead to new strains of bacteria that are resistant to the soaps. As with antibiotics, too...

Novel Bluetooth Keyboard Senses Taps [video]

by Alfred Poor | May 12, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News

With many mobile devices, you want to type in text and other information, but you’re often hobbled by a small display that shows a little touch keyboard. With a wearable device, such as a smartwatch, the screen is too small to use to enter text. The folks at Tap...

Kidney on a Chip [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 11, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical

Our kidneys serve the vital function of disposing of dissolved waste products from our bodies such as salts and excess nitrogen. Unfortunately, because the same liquids also include other substances than just urine, the kidneys themselves (we each have two) are...

Simple Device Turns Skin into Touchpad [video]

by Alfred Poor | May 10, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News

Frequent readers of this site will know that I’m particularly interested in the problem of user interfaces to control wearable (and implanted) devices. Keyboards, buttons, touch screens, speech recognition, and gesture interfaces all have potential, but they...

MIT Launches Campaign for a Better World

by Alfred Poor | May 9, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical

I recently had the opportunity to sit in a large meeting room filled with exceptionally smart people from all around the world. They were there to pool their skills and knowledge to tackle a shared problem. I was impressed by the give and take, and the deep insights...

New Plastic Can Stretch 100x and Self-Heal [video]

by Alfred Poor | May 5, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News

The future of wearable Health Tech devices is closely tied to the development of new materials. As we try to link living organisms more closely to digital electronics, we will need all sorts of flexible materials that are bio-compatible and capable of performing...