by Alfred Poor | April 28, 2020 | Health, Medical
“COVID-19 changes everything.” The “new normal” that follows the lock-down caused by the virus crisis will look different in many ways from the recent past. Some changes will be for the worse, but some will be for the better. One particular...
by Amantha May | April 27, 2020 | General News, Medical
As healthcare practices rush to integrate telemedicine in response to COVID-19, it’s natural to question whether remote examinations can truly replicate an in-person visit. StethoMe, the Poland-based maker of a smart, wireless, stethoscope, is working with existing...
by Bruce Brown | April 24, 2020 | Health
When cities, states, and countries begin to re-open their respective economies, screening employees and customers for signs of COVID-19 will be critical. Many locations currently use non-contact digital thermometers that are held within a few inches of the forehead of...
by Bruce Brown | April 23, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Harvesting host energy to power biosensors is an efficient way to keep wearables and injectables running, at least in theory. We wrote about recent work at ETRI on a thermoelectric module that generates energy to power sensors from human body heat. In 2019 we covered...
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by Bruce Brown | April 22, 2020 | Health, Medical
The COVID-19 threat to healthcare workers has a double whammy. Doctors, nurses, and other care workers are exposed to infection every day they work. The personal health cost of medical professionals putting themselves in harm’s way is the first hit. The...
by Bruce Brown | April 21, 2020 | Health, Medical
Smart thermometers were among the earliest wearable tech devices. Soft thermometer patch developers stressed the advantage of remote monitoring with very young or ill patients because you don’t need to wake them up in order to take their temperature. In 2016,...
