Emergency Drone Can Deliver First Aid Medication by Itself

by Alfred Poor | December 28, 2022 | Enabling Tech

Imagine calling 911 to report a medical emergency, but before the paramedics can arrive in an ambulance, a drone appears out of the sky and administers life-saving medication. Science fiction? Not to researcher from Zhejiang University who are working on just such a...

Smart Belt Monitors Heart Failure Patients [video]

by Alfred Poor | December 27, 2022 | Enabling Tech

More than 6 million adult patients in the U.S. have heart failure, a progressive condition that prevents the heart from pumping an adequate supply of blood to the body. Treatment typically includes medication, which must be adjusted as the patient’s condition...

Sound and Light Create 3D Images of Deep Tissues

by Alfred Poor | December 22, 2022 | Enabling Tech

Blinking lights shining on our skin to make biometric measurements have become commonplace. Photoplethysmography (PPG) is used in fitness trackers, smart rings, and even some earbuds to measure heart rate, blood oxygen levels, and more. But like beauty, the...

Embroidered Patches Make Self-Powered Wearables Easier

by Bruce Brown | December 12, 2022 | Enabling Tech

Self-powered wearable garments that double as digital sensors have several advantages over battery-powered devices, primarily because they don’t require batteries. Batteries typically are rigid structures and uncomfortable to wear. Batteries also need...

New Brain Sensor Technology Supports 10,000 Channels [video]

by Bruce Brown | December 6, 2022 | Enabling Tech

If you look cross-eyed when you see the hundreds of television channels included with most home streaming subscriptions, imagine the complexity of of organizing a brain-computer interface (BCI) that supports more than 10,000 signal channels simultaneously. Salt Lake...

New Collaborative Trials to Test Wireless Fall Detection [video]

by Unber Shafiq | December 5, 2022 | Enabling Tech

Monitoring patients via video surveillance in private spaces like medical facilities and nursing homes is a major challenge. Fujitsu and Wakayama Medical University have commenced collaborative trials of a new technology that will allow nurses and carergivers to...