by Alfred Poor | June 25, 2014 | Enabling Tech
One key challenge for most WellTech devices is finding a way to provide electrical power. Some devices can harvest energy from their environment, using body heat, ambient light, motion, or some other source. Most devices will still require some way to store power for...
by Alfred Poor | June 25, 2014 | Enabling Tech, Fitness, Health, Medical
Researchers at Samsung’s Strategy and Innovation Center (SSIC) announced a new reference design for a sensor-studded wristband, with the goal of helping establish an open source standard for WellTech devices. They demonstrated their “Simband” last...
by Alfred Poor | June 20, 2014 | Enabling Tech
Wearable health technology devices typical are designed to gather data that is then sent to the cloud or some mobile device that will process the information and present it to the user in some meaningful way. But there are times when you may want the device itself to...
by Alfred Poor | June 17, 2014 | Enabling Tech
Wearable technology has wonderful potential, especially for health and fitness applications. But there is one important problem that must be solved; how are you going to power these devices? One common solution is to use batteries, but these must be recharged if...
by Alfred Poor | June 12, 2014 | Enabling Tech
Bi-stable display technologies such as Eink are useful because they consume little or no electricity when the image does not change. On the other hand, LCDs are attractive because you can make small pixels and create different shades of gray to create photo-style...
by Alfred Poor | June 11, 2014 | Enabling Tech
Wearable computing devices must be small, lightweight, and energy efficient in order to be successful. When it comes to displaying information, the Google Glass is a prime example of what a head-mounted display can be. The lynchpin in such a design is the imager: a...
