by Bruce Brown | January 22, 2020 | Enabling Tech
We are fascinated by energy-harvesting technologies. When we read or hear about new continuous-monitoring biometric sensing wearables and medical implants, one of the first questions that come to mind is, “OK, but what’s the power source?” Frequent...
by Bruce Brown | January 20, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Sweat sensors that monitor biomarkers could be the secret sauce that differentiates fitness wearables. We’ve written about sweat-sensing technology often, including stretchable sweat sensors developed by scientists at the University of Glasgow School of...
by Bruce Brown | January 7, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Health insurance giant Humana underscored the significance of the role of digital health technology when it launched Humana Studio H in Boston’s Seaport District in 2018. At its conception, Studio H set out to foster tech development in provider workflow...
by Bruce Brown | December 30, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Wearables and prosthetics serve many functions in collecting data, enabling movement, and improving the wearer’s functional ability and overall quality of life. The ability to sense touch, however, is more than just additive; it can transform the wearer’s...
by Bruce Brown | December 26, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Wearable, implanted, and injectable tech devices can perform some amazing tasks, but most also require advances in miniature power sources. In previous posts, we wrote about various technologies for wearables and implants. Georgia Tech researchers created a device...
by Bruce Brown | December 25, 2019 | Enabling Tech
About 1.5 million people die due to a lack of vaccinations each year. These tragic deaths occur at greater rates in developing countries than in industrialized countries (despite blatant social media misinformation campaigns about the dangers of vaccinations). We...
