by Bruce Brown | February 23, 2021 | Enabling Tech
Since 2014, we have written about biometric sensors of all shapes, sizes, materials, and technologies. On August 29, 2014, Alfred Poor wrote about FDA approval for Vital Connect’s HealthPatch, a medical device that combined a disposable patch and a reusable...
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by Amantha May | February 12, 2021 | Enabling Tech
Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have created a wearable biosensor device that recognizes hand gestures. Still in development, the UC team believes the device could eventually give patients control over prosthetic hands and other artificial body...
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by Bruce Brown | February 8, 2021 | Enabling Tech
This is hair-standing technology. Can you Imagine having surgery and during the procedure, technicians scan an area of your bones that have missing or depleted bone tissue? And then — this is the part that tightened the follicles on my lower arms — during...
by Amantha May | February 5, 2021 | Enabling Tech
You’re just about to start your workout. You tap your smartwatch, ready to track your heart rate, steps, distance, calories, and so many other juicy health data metrics. But alas, you forgot to charge your device, and now your staring at a useless black hole strapped...
by Bruce Brown | February 2, 2021 | Enabling Tech
We don’t typically write about security products on Health Tech Insider. EyeVerify’s Eyeprint ID was an early exception in 2015 based on its potential application to protect personal health data user on a user’s smartphone. Beseye’s...
by Bruce Brown | January 25, 2021 | Enabling Tech
Many of us spend much of our time looking at screens while we work, recreate, and communicate with friends and family. It may not be that big a leap to adapt to smart contact lens wearables that could replace our handheld screens. We’ve covered smart lens...
