Health Tech Wakes Up to Sleep Measurement

Health Tech Wakes Up to Sleep Measurement

“How are you sleeping these days?” “How’d you sleep last night?” If anyone asked you those questions lately, you are not alone. Wearable health and medical technology advances and awareness both factor in a discernable increase in the...
Wearable pH Patch Tracks Skin Health

Wearable pH Patch Tracks Skin Health

Wearable skin patches with microfluidic sensors can monitor various biometrics from sweat. Professor John Rogers from Northwestern University’s Center for Bio-Integrated Electronics is one of the leaders in the field. Last year we wrote about Rogers’ work...
ECG T-shirt Delivers Continuous Monitoring

ECG T-shirt Delivers Continuous Monitoring

Technology isn’t holding us back from continuously monitoring biometric wearables. If we choose, soon we’ll all be able to wear garments that serve an expanded range of functions beyond protecting our skin from sun and weather. In the past few years,...
Pew: AI Will Be Good for Most People

Pew: AI Will Be Good for Most People

Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and big data have already disrupted conventional health tech research and development in significant ways; many of our posts on Health Tech Insider mention the technology, the algorithms, and the bits and bytes....
Smart Home Robot Supports Daily Activities

Smart Home Robot Supports Daily Activities

We’ve written before about smart homes for seniors and ways in which wearable health tech and smart homes can work in conjunction. We’ve also covered robots of various types, from telepresence enablers to smart exoskeletons and prosthetics that aid human...