New Electronic Skin Can Be Recycled

by Amantha May | November 25, 2020 | Enabling Tech

An innovative “electronic skin” offers similar benefits as other flexible patches; it’s less bulky than a smartwatch and potentially gives more accurate readings. But the electronic skin, designed by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder,...

New Low-Cost Hearing Aids Do Bluetooth [video]

by Bruce Brown | November 24, 2020 | Health

New hearable products now appear on the market frequently. This trend is a welcome development for the millions of people with mild to moderate hearing loss who are underserved by the medical profession due to the high cost of traditional hearing aids. IDC and other...

Heart Patients Get Help from Virtual Clinic

by Bruce Brown | November 23, 2020 | Medical

We have written about Biotricity several times, starting in 2016 when the FDA cleared the company’s Bioflux 3-lead ECG wearable monitoring device including supporting software and real-time analysis. Last week Biotrictity introduced Biocare Telemed, remote...

CareBand Conducts Broad Alzheimer’s Research [video]

by Amantha May | November 23, 2020 | Medical

An estimated 5.8 million older adults in the United States live with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). CareBand, the maker of a wearable activity and location monitor for patients with ADRD, has partnered with various institutions to conduct research...

Flexible Light Pipes Give Robots the Sense of Touch [video]

by Bruce Brown | November 20, 2020 | Enabling Tech

When we write about stretchable sensors, the topic usually involves sensors embedded or woven in fabric used to create smart garments for humans. Researchers at Cornell University’s College of Engineering developed a stretchable fiber-optic sensor for robots....

New Robot Car Delivers Medicine to Nursing Homes [video]

by Amantha May | November 20, 2020 | Enabling Tech

Academy of Robotics’ latest project, Kar-go, looks so sleek, green, and futuristic that you might expect an equally stylish android to emerge from its interior. But Kar-go doesn’t transport robots; it is the robot. This custom-built, self-driving vehicle hit the...