Carnegie Mellon Develops Self-Healing Composite Material [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 27, 2020 | Enabling Tech

The carpenter’s adage “Measure three times, cut once” may not apply with devices made from a new composite material developed at Carnegie Mellon University. We’ve written about self-healing properties before, such as the work at the Cockrell...

No Keyboard Necessary with Tap Strap [video]

by Amantha May | May 27, 2020 | Enabling Tech, General News

As technology becomes less and less confined to a desk, will the QWERTY keyboard become a thing of the past? The folks at Tap Systems Inc. believe that mousing, typing, and other user data input methods are ready for an update. That update has taken the form of the...

Smartphones Can Measure Blood Pressure with New Sensor [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 25, 2020 | Enabling Tech, Health

Lausanne, Switzerland-based Leman Micro Devices (LMD) recently announced Bluetooth wireless connectivity for its V-Sensor technology. LMD is developing the V-Sensor — short for “vital sign sensor” — for use by smartphone companies. According to...

Sweat-Powered E-Skin Monitors Health

by Bruce Brown | May 19, 2020 | Enabling Tech

The range of potential skin patch applications in health monitoring is astounding. We’ve covered various skin patch technology developments for several years. In 2014, Alfred Poor wrote about collaboration at Northwestern University and the University of...

2020 Games for Change Gamifies Health Apps

by Bruce Brown | May 12, 2020 | Enabling Tech

Games for Change will hold its 17th annual festival for the gaming and social impact community this year July 14 to July 16. The organization is based in New York but don’t rush to buy airline tickets to the event, because Games for Change2020 will be the...

Breathable Electronics Pave Wearable Sensor Development Pathway [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 8, 2020 | Enabling Tech

Wearable devices must be comfortable or consumers won’t wear them. Users might wear an uncomfortable device that alleviated extreme pain if there is a significant net comfort gain, but otherwise the chances of voluntary usage are slim. We’ve written about...