Robotic Hand Works With Quadraplegics

by Bruce Brown | December 9, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News

When traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) results in the loss of motor function in both arms and legs, known as quadriplegia, life expectancy shortens. Quality of life is substantially affected through a loss of independence. Quadriplegia is most commonly...

Plastic Stores Electricity from Heat

by Alfred Poor | December 7, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News

Here at Health Tech Insider, we cover a lot of energy technology stories. We do this, because the future success of wearable Health Tech devices requires that we get away from replacing batteries and plugging in to recharge. Like a $25 wrist watch that will keep...

Light Makes Plastic Move [video]

by Alfred Poor | December 6, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News

As wearable Health Tech devices tackle more sophisticated tasks, they will need to incorporate more sophisticated abilities. One such function is movement; it’s easy to think of applications where it could be useful for sensors to be able to move to different...

Solar Textiles Store Energy

by Alfred Poor | December 5, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News

One of the biggest challenges for wearable Health Tech devices is energy. How will they get the power they need to operate, and how will they store it until it’s needed? The standard solution is to use rechargeable batteries, and then plug the device into a...

Powered By You – A Smartwatch Powered By Thermoelectric Energy[video]

by Bruce Brown | November 30, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News

First impressions can be deceiving. At first glance, this article may appear better suited for our sister site Wearable Tech Insider, which covers fitness and exercise wearables. We’re writing about the Matrix PowerWatch, however, because of its thermoelectric...

Wearable Vibration Sensor Enables Many Applications [video]

by Bruce Brown | November 29, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News

Wearable health tech takes a giant step further with stretchable devices that can attach to the skin. Researchers from Northwestern University and the University of Colorado Boulder, in conjunction with other institutions, have developed a tiny, soft, wearable...