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by Alfred Poor | March 11, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Electronics used to mean running insulated wires between discrete components. Then came printed circuit boards and integrated circuits contained in chips. But wearable devices need new solutions; circuitry must be able to stretch and bend along with human body parts....
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by Bruce Brown | March 8, 2019 | Health, Medical
Hearing loss affects about 15% of U.S. adults 18 and older, about 37.5 million people, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). The incidence of hearing loss increases with age, topping out at 50% of people 75 and...
by Bruce Brown | March 7, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Research into new power technologies for wearables continues on many fronts. With tech worn on the wrist, pinned to or integrated with garments, or embedded in prostheses, choosing the best power source can be tricky. We’ve written about innovative power tech...
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by Bruce Brown | March 6, 2019 | Enabling Tech, Health, Medical
Smartwatches are poised to take off during 2019 as standalone health tech wearables and for their data aggregation and transmission roles for other devices. We’ve written recently about Withings Move ECG smartwatch. Omron’s HeartGuide oscillometric blood...
by Bruce Brown | March 5, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Developments in electronic skin (e-skin) encompass a wide range of applications beyond healthcare. Healthcare e-skin implementations in the form of skin patch sensors, tactile sensors for prosthetics, and direct printed on-skin sensors apparently are just the start....
by Bruce Brown | March 4, 2019 | Medical
In 2016, 251 million people — or 3.4% of the Earth’s 7.4 billion population — suffered from COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). COPD is a largely preventable ailment responsible for 5% of all deaths globally, according to WHO (World Health...
