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by Bruce Brown | July 17, 2019 | Enabling Tech
In 2015 we reported forecasts that smart clothing applications would rise rapidly by 2020 but the bulk of the applications would be fitness-oriented, not associated with healthcare. In 2018 Juniper Research predicted connected clothing would top 7 million units in...
by Bruce Brown | July 11, 2019 | Enabling Tech
The concept of artificial muscles is intriguing. Whether the purpose of lab-sourced musculature is greater strength or enhanced mobility for humans or robots, the idea is easy to grasp and the prospects are inspiring. We’ve written about researchers at the...
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by Bruce Brown | July 9, 2019 | Enabling Tech
We’ve written about myriad technologies developed to assist people with upper or lower body impairments. Cyberdyne’s Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) exoskeleton senses minute motion signals on the skin to determine the wearer’s intention. Seoul National...
by Bruce Brown | July 2, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Parents know the frustration and sense of helplessness when an infant in pain lacks the language skills to explain where it hurts. University of Michigan researchers are developing technology that uses neuroimaging, augmented reality (AR), and artificial intelligence...
by Alfred Poor | June 27, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Captain Hook made prosthetic hands famous, but his was not capable of movement and had limited functionality. Today, low-cost movable prosthetic hands are fabricated quickly and inexpensively using 3D printing technology. And we now have powered prosthetic hands, but...
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by Bruce Brown | June 6, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Testing medical technologies, techniques, and treatments on humans present moral, ethical, and legal issues, but without clinical proof, new tech won’t make it out of the development stage. In 2017, we wrote about a Nordis and University of Washington study of...
