by William McCleary | September 12, 2022 | Enabling Tech
Flexible electronics have had a seismic impact on the world of wearables: body-contouring patches, devices with stretchable sensors, and implantable electronics of all kinds. But all share one impediment: integration with the human body. As wondrous as these pliable...
by Unber Shafiq | September 6, 2022 | Enabling Tech, Medical
Parkinson’s disease is difficult to diagnose primarily due to the late onset of typical symptoms such as tremors and slowness. Researchers from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at MIT and MIT Jameel Clinic have developed an AI model...
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by Bruce Brown | September 5, 2022 | Enabling Tech
“Higher output than a conventional AA battery.” Those words grabbed Health Tech Insider publisher Alfred Poor’s attention. We’ve covered a variety of new battery technologies including 3D printed batteries, sweat-powered batteries, and...
by William McCleary | August 31, 2022 | Enabling Tech
No batteries are required, and you can say so long to Bluetooth or other digital chips. Normally, these components are needed to send bio-signals from a wearable sensor to a smartphone or a tablet. These rigid devices add to the physical bulk and can make the whole...
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by William McCleary | August 29, 2022 | Enabling Tech
What do you get when you combine a well-known Australian swimmer and a British bionics company? It’s not a joke, but rather a combination that gives us great patient advocacy for a remarkable prosthetic: the COVVI Hand. Jessica Smith, a Paralympic swimmer and...
by William McCleary | August 26, 2022 | Enabling Tech
It may seem like something straight out of science fiction — akin to the famed Dune suits that rely on body moisture — but breath-powered gas masks are a reality today. Researchers at Korea’s Chung-Ang University have created just such a device that can power...
