Designer Creates 3D-Printed Rehab System [video]

by Bruce Brown | September 16, 2021 | Enabling Tech, Health

When inventive minds tackle problems using 3D printing, the results can be impressive. In the past we’ve written about affordable 3D printed bionic arms for children, 3D printed superhero prosthetics, and a 3D printed prosthetic leg with a fin that helps...

Magnets Could Offer a Non-Invasive Approach for Better Prosthetic Limb Control [video]

by Unber Shafiq | September 14, 2021 | Enabling Tech

Prosthetic limbs have vastly improved the quality of life for those with amputations, but the greatest challenge remains: to have a more reliable, human-like control of the prosthesis. So far, electromyography (EMG) is the main technique to control the prosthetic...

Silk Glove Relies on Gold and Sweat to Sense Tiny Pressures

by Amantha May | September 3, 2021 | Enabling Tech

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in China recently designed an innovative, flexible sensor to create a tactile-sensing glove. The glove detects slight, rapid changes in...

New Handheld Device Translates for Patients And Healthcare Workers

by Bruce Brown | August 31, 2021 | Enabling Tech

The U.S. is increasingly multi-lingual. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2015 people in homes in the U.S. spoke more than 350 different languages. Hospitals and healthcare clinics often employ translators or subscribe to translation services to help patients...

Use Thoughts to Control Devices with New Wireless Brain-Machine Interface

by Amantha May | August 30, 2021 | Enabling Tech

Under the direction of Woon-Hong Yeo at the Georgia Institute of Technology, a multi-institutional research team has developed a wireless wearable brain-machine interface (BMI) system using soft scalp electronics. The new system could make BMI technology more...

Rice Harvests Energy from Heat with Woven Fabric [video]

by Bruce Brown | August 23, 2021 | Enabling Tech

At Health Tech Insider, we’re suckers for a good wearable energy-harvesting technology. If you can harvest sufficient electricity from your clothing to power wearable devices, you don’t need to replace or recharge batteries. In early 2015, Alfred Poor...