This Exoskeleton Knee-Brace Made Us Break The Rules [video]

by Bruce Brown | April 7, 2021 | Health

We had to make an exception. We don’t normally feature crowd-funded wearables on Health Tech Insider. As a rule we prefer to cover technology available today or under development in university labs or by established medical/wellness enterprises. We don’t...

For Facebook’s Neural Interface, It’s All in the Wrist [video]

by Amantha May | April 7, 2021 | Enabling Tech

Virtual reality glasses, such as Facebook’s Occulus, aren’t simply expensive toys. VR devices likely represent the future of computing, or at least a big chunk of that future. That’s why Facebook intends to get ahead of the game by developing a wearable that...

Pity the Lowly Battery, Destined to Wearables Museum Displays [video]

by Bruce Brown | April 6, 2021 | Enabling Tech

If I were a battery, I might wonder what I did wrong and why teams of scientists around the world are working hard to do away with me. Engineers developing technology that harvests energy from magnetism, body heat, yarn, the human knee, water, and even bacteria all...

NC State Uses Flakey Elastomer to Boost Energy Harvesting

by Bruce Brown | April 5, 2021 | Enabling Tech

They did it again, and not by accident. A team of North Carolina State University engineers focuses on harvesting heat energy from the human body to power wearable electronics. They recently attained even greater efficiency than we reported in 2020. Mehmet Ozturk, NC...

New Friendly Robot Tutor Can Help Autistic Children [video]

by Amantha May | April 5, 2021 | Health

A smiling robot that captures the attention of autistic children can help them learn and practice social, emotional, and cognitive skills. QTrobot for Home, a talking playmate initially designed for use in schools and researchers, can now help parents work with...

Mobile Health Tech Helps Senior Heart Patients Avoid Repeat Attacks

by Bruce Brown | April 2, 2021 | Health, Medical

It appears that Millennials aren’t the only generation flocking to adopt mobile health tech devices. Most Baby Boomers also spend a significant portion of their waking hours looking at screens on their smartphones and other mobile devices. The American Heart...