IDTechEx: Sweat Sensors Can Speed Healing

by Alfred Poor | November 24, 2014 | Enabling Tech

The IDTechEx conference was last week, but we’ve still got more great information from that event to cover here. For example, a presentation by Dr. Joshua Windmiller of Electrozyme explored the potential benefits of real-time sweat sensors. We’ve written...

IDTechEx: Stretchable Electronics on the Way

by Alfred Poor | November 20, 2014 | Enabling Tech

One of the recurring themes in the presentations at the IDTechEx conference was the need to for wearable Health Tech devices to “disappear” into our daily lives. These products can’t be intrusive, but rather become a part of our normal day-to-day...

IDTechEx: Low-Cost Sensors Drive Wearable Growth

by Alfred Poor | November 19, 2014 | Enabling Tech

Grains of sand? Tiny jewels? Actually, the photo above shows items that fall somewhere between. They are miniature sensors, and they cost a bit more than sand but far less than precious stones. And yet they can perform miracles when it comes to gathering data in...

IDTechEx Conference Explores Wearable Future

by Alfred Poor | November 19, 2014 | Enabling Tech, Fitness, Health, Medical

This week, I’m attending a series of co-located conferences organized by IDTechEx. The exhibit hall and presentations cover wearables, printed electronics, the Internet of Things, energy harvesting and storage, and 3D printing. The result is a synergistic...

Group Sets Goal of a Trillion Sensors

by Alfred Poor | November 18, 2014 | Enabling Tech

Between smartphones and the Internet of Things, the demand for digital electronic sensors is growing rapidly. Your typical smartphone is packed with cameras, light sensors, microphones, accelerometers, and gyroscopes. The cost of these devices is falling almost as...

DIY Wearables Get New Toolkit [video]

by Alfred Poor | November 17, 2014 | Enabling Tech

Technology is the great equalizer. Low-cost, mass-produced personal computers ushered in a revolution of data processing that made information management more efficient for everyone from large corporations to the average household. And in spite of the fact that...