by Amantha May | September 17, 2021 | Enabling Tech
Many wearable health trackers now include heart rate variability (HRV) measurements. When smartwatches and other trackers beam HRV data to their associated mobile apps, users get various insights about stress and heart health based on personal HRV trends. Soon,...
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by Bruce Brown | September 16, 2021 | Enabling Tech, Health
When inventive minds tackle problems using 3D printing, the results can be impressive. In the past we’ve written about affordable 3D printed bionic arms for children, 3D printed superhero prosthetics, and a 3D printed prosthetic leg with a fin that helps...
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by Unber Shafiq | September 14, 2021 | Enabling Tech
Prosthetic limbs have vastly improved the quality of life for those with amputations, but the greatest challenge remains: to have a more reliable, human-like control of the prosthesis. So far, electromyography (EMG) is the main technique to control the prosthetic...
by Amantha May | September 3, 2021 | Enabling Tech
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in China recently designed an innovative, flexible sensor to create a tactile-sensing glove. The glove detects slight, rapid changes in...
by Bruce Brown | August 31, 2021 | Enabling Tech
The U.S. is increasingly multi-lingual. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2015 people in homes in the U.S. spoke more than 350 different languages. Hospitals and healthcare clinics often employ translators or subscribe to translation services to help patients...
by Amantha May | August 30, 2021 | Enabling Tech
Under the direction of Woon-Hong Yeo at the Georgia Institute of Technology, a multi-institutional research team has developed a wireless wearable brain-machine interface (BMI) system using soft scalp electronics. The new system could make BMI technology more...
