by Unber Shafiq | March 23, 2022 | Enabling Tech
The nervous system is the major controlling and regulatory system in the body. Technological advances in devices that can mimic the neuro-biological architectures present in the nervous system require integration with biological systems. Traditional, silicon-based...
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by Alfred Poor | March 22, 2022 | Enabling Tech
When it comes to creating a major innovation, you might not expect it to come from a company that is more than 400 years old. But that’s what’s happening; Piana Technology has developed a material called E/SMART that it hopes will replace much of the 1.3...
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by Alfred Poor | March 22, 2022 | Enabling Tech, Health
People are keeping closer track on their bodies, but this typically requires a bunch of gear and time to use it. Want to take your blood pressure? Sit down with a pressure cuff and take a reading. Want to measure your weight and body fat? Step on a smart scale. Or...
by Bruce Brown | March 21, 2022 | Enabling Tech
The wearables market’s tremendous growth during the past decade continues to drive research and innovation. In its report Wearables Sensors 2021-2031, IDTechEx predicts that the annual market for sensors used in wearables will be greater than $5 billion by 2025....
by William McCleary | March 21, 2022 | Enabling Tech
Can a machine have a tender touch? It would seem so with the emerging tech from a team at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS); they’ve developed a sensor for a robotic thumb that closely approximates human touch using a unique approach to...
by William McCleary | March 16, 2022 | Enabling Tech
Can a man-made device “see?” That answer may literally be in the eye of the beholder and close to a reality as a cutting-edge artificial electronic retina can already mirror the dynamics and functionality of human sight to an uncanny degree. It’s...
