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by Bruce Brown | September 15, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Technology development usually crawls, sometimes jogs along smoothly, and occasionally leaps forward with astounding results. If technologists succeed in bringing the theory of nanodiamond battery (NDB) technology to market, they will vault two significant challenges:...
by Bruce Brown | September 14, 2020 | Health
Health officials recommend that people wear masks to help reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus. However, this prudent practice can make it harder to understand what others are saying. People with normal hearing often attend to facial expressions and lip movement to...
by Amantha May | September 14, 2020 | General News, Health
Oral birth control pills are 99% effective at preventing an unwanted pregnancy… only if used perfectly without missing a single dose. But people aren’t perfect, and most women who use oral birth control miss a dose once in a while, so the pill has a 9% failure...
by Bruce Brown | September 11, 2020 | Enabling Tech
When designing a wearable device, engineers must consider how long a battery will run between recharging sessions. We write about new battery technologies often, most recently covering stretchable, flexible batteries that are durable, comfortable, and convenient when...
by Amantha May | September 11, 2020 | General News, Medical
Parents of children with Type 1 diabetes face the extraordinary challenge of monitoring their child’s blood glucose levels day and night. A national clinical trial has demonstrated that an artificial pancreas system, first developed at the University of Virginia, does...
by Bruce Brown | September 10, 2020 | Health, Medical
We now have a new way that your smartphone could save your life, using a simple selfie. Conventional camera sales tumbled after the 2007 launch of the first generation Apple iPhone with a 2MP rear camera. Apple’s 2010 iPhone 4 introduction gave the world the...
