CES 2021: Smart Fabric Can Detect Heart Rate Without Direct Contact [video]

by Bruce Brown | February 3, 2021 | Health

Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) introduced an astounding array of health tech innovations at CES 2021. ITRI’s iSmartWear combines washable conductive fabric with non-contact nanosecond pulse near-field sensing (NPNS) technology to...

CES 2021: New Approaches to Wearable Heart Monitors [video]

by Bruce Brown | February 1, 2021 | Health

In the past, we’ve expressed our enthusiasm about mobile and wearable technology to monitor cardiac conditions. We wrote about research at the University of British Columbia with low-cost ultrasound transducers and potential medical applications in diagnosing...

Measure Blood Pressure Quickly with Your Smartphone

by Amantha May | February 1, 2021 | Health

Biospectal, a Swiss company specializing in biosensing technology, has taken aim at a weak link in personal blood pressure management: the blood pressure cuff. A large-scale study conducted at the CHUV hospital at the University Lausanne has validated this effort. The...

CES 2021: Visit the Dentist with Telehealth Selfies

by Bruce Brown | January 29, 2021 | Health

We have written a bit about teeth and dental care, but we don’t cover tele-dental applications often. The only teledentistry application we covered in the past was MouthWatch’s Teledent software platform. Teledent employs an intraoral camera to capture...

Breath Sensor Helps People Stop Smoking [video]

by Amantha May | January 29, 2021 | Health

Quitting smoking improves health and reduces the risk for seemingly countless chronic and life-threatening conditions. A carbon monoxide (CO) breath sensor, already cleared by the FDA for use as part of a smoking cessation program, has now earned the European CE mark....

CES 2021: Ask Alexa About Your Blood Pressure

by Bruce Brown | January 28, 2021 | Health

Digital voice assistants such as Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri send us reminders, answer questions, and provide music and entertainment at our spoken command. We’ve written about several medical and health-related Alexa Skills such as...