Get Rapid COVID Diagnosis with Just a Smartphone

by Amantha May | March 8, 2021 | Enabling Tech

Mechanical engineers at Rice University have designed a chip that allows an ordinary cell phone to detect COVID-19 biomarkers in blood. The new chip could provide a simpler testing process than current nose-swab PCR tests, delivering results in less than one hour...

Sweat Patch Tracks Multiple Biomarkers [video]

by Bruce Brown | March 5, 2021 | Enabling Tech

The search continues for clinical-grade, non-invasive wearables that can monitor crucial biomarkers passively. Patient compliance is greatest when users don’t need to take additional action after they strap on, pin on, or press on a wearable that continuously...

Robots Get a Grip with New Skin-Like Sensor [video]

by Amantha May | March 3, 2021 | Enabling Tech

A new robotic gripper can “feel” what it’s holding, much like natural human skin. Developed by researchers from the City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Carnegie Mellon University, and the Southern University of Science and Technology, the tactile...

AI Identifies “Ugly Ducklings” to Detect Skin Cancer [video]

by Amantha May | March 1, 2021 | Enabling Tech, Medical

Melanoma is a type of cancer that affects pigment-producing skin cells; it kills roughly 7,000 men and women in the United States each year. Early detection and treatment of melanoma give patients the best chance of surviving the disease. Researchers from the Wyss...

Amazon Picked as Greatest Impact on Healthcare

by Bruce Brown | February 26, 2021 | Enabling Tech

We write about new and developing healthcare and medical technologies every day. Our primary focus on wearables and devices people use in their homes extends to telehealth, AI, and many forms of digital therapeutics. We frequently communicate with representatives of...

Are Those Real Muscles or Bristols Under Your Shirt?[video]

by Bruce Brown | February 24, 2021 | Enabling Tech

We often highlight wearable sensors, remote patient monitoring (RPM), artificial intelligence-driven applications in medicine, hearables, and medical grade multi-sensors. Assistive wearables also beep loudly on our interest sonar, however, usually in the form of...