by Jim Ware | November 10, 2017 | Enabling Tech, Fitness, General News, Health
Sensoria, the folks who gave you smart socks, recently introduced the Sensoria Smart Running Shoe. It. Tracks. Your. Every. Step through embedded textile pressure sensors and a detachable electronic device. The Bluetooth-enabled device relays data to the Sensoria Run...
by Kimberly Houston | November 2, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
3D printing has come a long way since it was first invented in 1983. When most of us think of 3D printers, we probably think of design applications and making “cool” things like musical instruments, iPhone cases, lights, printed fabrics, sculptures, tactile maps, and...
by Bruce Brown | October 27, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Communications is much more than just words. A classic UCLA study by (now) Professor Emeritus Albert Mehrabian argued only “7% of message relating to feelings and attitudes is in the words that are spoken.” The remaining 93% of the message is derived from...
by Jim Ware | October 23, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Cool new printable thermoelectric generators transform body heat into electricity. Printed on paper or cloth, these generators can power wearable devices such as sensors. Thermoelectric generators are nothing new. Until now, though, they were made of inflexible...
![Soft Artificial Muscle Is 3D Printed [video]](https://i1.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/10/Columbia-artificial-muscle-video.jpg?resize=599%2C275)
by Jim Ware | October 16, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Researchers have made rapid advances in computer miniaturization, which makes it possible to develop smaller robot brains. Unfortunately, existing actuators remain bulky which limits the possibilities for smaller robots or intelligent prosthetic limbs. Existing...
![Device Connects Moms with Babies in Neonatal Incubators[video]](https://i1.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/10/Babybe-with-video-600x277.png?resize=600%2C277)
by Bruce Brown | October 11, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
About one in ten babies born in the U.S. is delivered pre-term, before completing 37 weeks of pregnancy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest report on premature birth rates also states that babies’ brains, lungs, and liver...
