by Alfred Poor | May 22, 2015 | Enabling Tech
A battery can hold a relatively large amount of power, but it releases it slowly and can take a long time to recharge. A capacitor can’t hold as much power, but it can recharge very quickly and can also provide a large amount of power in a short time if needed....
by Alfred Poor | March 16, 2015 | Enabling Tech
The Holst Centre is an independent research and development center in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. It is a hotbed of technology development, with special emphasis on wireless sensors and flexible electronics. At the South By Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin,...
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by Alfred Poor | March 5, 2015 | Health, Medical
The key to wearable Health Tech devices is to have inexpensive sensors that can collect the desired biometric data. The problem is that these can be expensive or complicated to use. So how about sensors that you can just draw on your skin where you need one? It sounds...
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by Alfred Poor | November 24, 2014 | Fitness
This is a fitness product, and as such, I wouldn’t usually cover it here in Health Tech Insider. But this shirt from OMsignal is special because its sensors are woven directly into the fabric of the clothing. Other systems print sensors onto the fabric, or...
by Alfred Poor | November 19, 2014 | Enabling Tech, Fitness, Health, Medical
This week, I’m attending a series of co-located conferences organized by IDTechEx. The exhibit hall and presentations cover wearables, printed electronics, the Internet of Things, energy harvesting and storage, and 3D printing. The result is a synergistic...
