Open Source Software and Datasets for Wearable Developers

by Bruce Brown | June 18, 2020 | Enabling Tech

Cambridge-based Shimmer Research announced that the Open Wearables Initiative (OWEAR) has launched a rich open-source software and validated dataset resource for developers working on wearable sensors and connected health technologies. Clinical researchers who use the...

FDA Clears Abbott iCGM for Ages 4+ [video]

by Bruce Brown | June 17, 2020 | Medical

Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices improve the lives of people with diabetes by minimizing or eliminating the need for painful and inconvenient finger stick blood glucose tests. We’ve written about CGMs from several companies and research organizations,...

Social-Distancing for the Workplace

by Amantha May | June 17, 2020 | Health, Medical

Workplace wearables for social distancing continue to make headlines as more and more businesses reopen their operations. Tharsus, a UK-based maker of strategic machines, announced that they have developed a new, comprehensive social-distancing system called Bump....

Single Tooth Wearable Monitors Oral Acidity [video]

by Bruce Brown | June 16, 2020 | Health

We’ve written about a wide range of wearable biosensors during the past seven years. We covered wristbands, armbands, and headbands. We’ve seen broaches, necklaces, rings, glasses and hearables, and more. We’ve also noted dental health products such...

Rice Uses Magnetism to Power NeuroStim Brain Implant

by Bruce Brown | June 15, 2020 | Enabling Tech

Energy-harvesting electronic surgical implants answer one of the most important questions in medical technology development: how will the device get power? Possibilities for product design and placement in the body expand significantly if you don’t have to allow...

Survey for Personal Mobility Exoskeleton [video]

by Amantha May | June 15, 2020 | Health

In rehabilitation clinics, robotic exoskeletons have helped patients with walking impairments regain strength and mobility for years. Now Wandercraft, the French company that created the first autonomous walking exoskeleton, has a design underway for a new model that...