by Alfred Poor | June 12, 2014 | Health, Medical
In order for a wearable fitness or health device to be helpful, it needs to gather data about the user who is wearing it. One of the key challenges in this area is to create materials that can collect information over a relatively large area, that are sufficiently...
by Alfred Poor | June 10, 2014 | Enabling Tech, Medical
Researchers at the University of Texas, Dallas and the University of Tokyo have demonstrated ways to print transistors on plastic substrates that then can conform to structures in the body such as blood vessels, nerves, or tendons. This will make it possible to create...
by Alfred Poor | June 10, 2014 | Medical
Our son was born with strabismus, commonly known as “lazy eye,” in which the eyes do not track together and typically one eye is turned inward. Part of the treatment involves wearing an eye patch over the “good” eye to strengthen the muscles in...
by Alfred Poor | June 9, 2014 | Medical
The WATCH Society (WeArable TeChnology in Healthcare) will be hosting a conference on “The Future of Wearable Tech in Healthcare” in Indianapolis on July 25 and 26, 2014. It will take place in Goodman Hall at the Indiana University Health Neuroscience...
