CES 2022: New Tech for Thin Wearables

by Alfred Poor | January 28, 2022 | Enabling Tech

It has long been our position that health tech wearables won’t really take off until they “disappear” into our lives. By this, we mean that they must not be obtrusive or require a lot of the wearer’s attention. As it turns out, we share that...

Patient Thinks to Tweet [video]

by Bruce Brown | January 4, 2022 | Enabling Tech

The brain computer interface (BCI) may not be the last frontier, but it will do for now until the real thing comes along. We’ve written about Stanford’s BCI that allows a man to write on a computer by imagining letters. Last November we covered Blackrock...

Earbuds Make It Easier to Predict Epilepsy Seizures

by Amantha May | December 31, 2021 | Enabling Tech, Health, Medical

At the American Epilepsy Society 2021 annual meeting in early December, brain health startup NextSense came out of stealth mode to announce multiple clinical research partnerships. Biopharmaceutical company UCB is currently investigating epileptic seizure detection...

Drones Take to the Air to Rescue Cardiac Arrest Victims

by Bruce Brown | December 30, 2021 | Enabling Tech, Medical

We’ve written about drones that deliver medical supplies to first responders and mobile apps that help bystanders on the scene with cardiac arrest victims find emergency defibrillators. Students at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) recently demonstrated...

New Paper Batteries Are Flexible and Biodegradable

by Unber Shafiq | December 21, 2021 | Enabling Tech

We are 7.9 billion people on the planet. Many of us have one or more electronic devices. While these devices have made life more efficient, the billions of batteries come with an environmental cost. But what if we could solve the issue of adverse environmental...

A Strong Yet Dextrous Grip Is the Measure of Any Gecko [video]

by Bruce Brown | December 20, 2021 | Enabling Tech

Engineers in the Stanford University Biomimetics and Dextrous Manipulation Lab may not talk to the animals like Doctor Dolittle, but they do learn from other species. Stanford graduate students recently published a paper in Science Robotics detailing their work...