Tiny Robot Ready to Freestyle Through Your Body

by Alfred Poor | July 19, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News

Those of us of a certain age may remember the movie “Fantastic Voyage,” though if of the male persuasion, you may not remember much about it other than Raquel Welch. Simply put, scientists miniaturize a submarine and its crew and inject it into a...

Wristband Gives First Responders Complete Medical Record [video]

by Bruce Brown | July 18, 2017 | General News, Health

Wearable health records are not a brand new concept. We’ve written about Code4Armour’s wearable device, a wristband that costs $20, plus you pay $48 a year for the subscription service. We also covered Khushi Baby, a pendant worn on the neck distributed in...

Smart Glove Translates ASL Spelling [video]

by Alfred Poor | July 18, 2017 | General News, Health

American Sign Language (ASL) is the most widely-used sign language in the U.S. One portion of the language includes finger-spelling, with different hand positions for each letter of the alphabet. If you don’t know the sign for a given word, you can always spell...

Muse-Powered Smartglasses for Focus [video]

by Bruce Brown | July 17, 2017 | General News, Health

Brainwave detection and cognitive control for relaxation, focus, attention, and performance enhancement are headline promises of wearables that interact with your brain. In late 2015 we wrote about InterAxon’s Muse brainwave-sensing headband and software....

This Little Patch Went to Space [video]

by Alfred Poor | July 17, 2017 | General News, Health

Space is the next frontier, and scientists are learning that the human body reacts differently to low- and zero-gravity conditions than it does here on Earth. As a result, collecting biometric data from space travellers is critically important. French astronaut Thomas...

Wearable Designed to Train Your Brain [video]

by Bruce Brown | July 14, 2017 | General News, Health

Mind control attracts attention in wearable health tech. If human brains can be controlled by the person’s own thought or by external devices, the potential for overcoming debilitation or sensory conditions opens vast new health frontiers. We’ve looked at...