CES 2021: See What Others Cannot with These Smart Contacts

by Bruce Brown | January 25, 2021 | Enabling Tech

Many of us spend much of our time looking at screens while we work, recreate, and communicate with friends and family. It may not be that big a leap to adapt to smart contact lens wearables that could replace our handheld screens. We’ve covered smart lens...

CES 2021: 3D Camera Makes CPAP Mask Selection Easy [video]

by Amantha May | January 25, 2021 | Health

Roughly 22 million adults in the US suffer from obstructive sleep apnea, a breathing condition caused by obstruction of the respiratory airway during sleep. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment has a high success rate… if the patient complies...

CES 2021: Baby Blanket Sensor Tracks Heart Beats [video]

by Bruce Brown | January 22, 2021 | Health

We first wrote about wearable baby monitoring sensors as early as 2014 when we covered Sproutling’s strap-on device that tracks heartbeat, breathing rate, and skin temperature. In 2015 we covered the Owlet, a sensor in a washable sock that measures heartbeat and...

CES 2021: Measure Your Blood Pressure with a Selfie [video]

by Bruce Brown | January 21, 2021 | Health

We’ve written about the quest for reliable and valid contact-free blood pressure measurement devices in the past. An impressive partnership among Cardiex, Blumio, and Infineon Technologies formed last July to develop radar-based blood pressure management. In...

CES 2021: New Fetal Monitor Has No Belts or Wires

by Bruce Brown | January 20, 2021 | Medical

We’ve written before about fetal monitors for consumer use at home. In 2015, for example, we wrote about Nuvo Group’s PregSense wireless device that consists of dual bands placed above and below a pregnant mother’s belly. PregSense connects via...

CES 2021: Now Young Adults Can Test Hearing with a Smartphone

by Bruce Brown | January 19, 2021 | Health

We’ve used smartphone hearing test apps with hearables such NuHeara’s IQ Buds, Wear & Hear’s BeHear Access, and the Olive. The tests generally require that you wear earbuds and indicate by tapping in the app when you can hear various frequency...