by Kimberly Houston | March 1, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
The development of sensors to measure, monitor and provide feedback on biometric data like cholesterol levels, heart rate, blood pressure, and other health indicators has led to improvements in personal health. Fitness tracker technology has made it possible to...
by Kimberly Houston | February 28, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
We’re all familiar with smart watches and similar devices that can display our heart rate, steps taken, calories consumed, and other health data LEDs or OLED displays. Advances in wearables now allow small, flexible organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) to be woven...
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by Bruce Brown | February 20, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
New fabrication technology opens new prospects for health technology. We’ve covered multiple 3D printing applications including cartilage implants, hybrid printing that combines hard and soft components, assistive devices, finger splints, bionic arms, and many,...
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by Kimberly Houston | February 20, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
With the advent of flexible battery technology that can be integrated into fabric and other materials, wearable devices that conform to complex shapes like the human body become possible. For wearable electronics to enjoy widespread adoption, the batteries that power...
by Bruce Brown | February 12, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
According to the CDC, one child of every 69 born in the U.S. has autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In 2017 the Hindustan Times in Delhi, India, stated the ratio in that country is one in 89 children. We have written about other health tech developed for people with...
by Kimberly Houston | February 8, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
There are an estimated 5 million upper limb amputees worldwide, many of them children. Prosthetic limbs can cost upwards of $40,000 or more, and children rapidly outgrow them. Because the cost of prosthetics is prohibitive, many children simply go without them. Now a...
