Thin Pressure Sensor Made of Plastic and Gold

by Amantha May | December 7, 2020 | Enabling Tech

We’ve previously covered a variety of adhesive sensors that measure internal biomarkers — such as body temperature or heart rate — while affixed to the skin. Now researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a skin sensor that detects stimuli...

Technology Creates Customized Prosthetic Hands [video]

by Bruce Brown | December 4, 2020 | Health

The subject of this article brought tears to my eyes. We often write about new technology and developments in prosthetic arms and hands, We covered topics such as adding sensation to existing prosthetics, 3D-printed prosthetics with Superhero graphics, and various...

Fitness Band Paired with Diabetes App Lead to Improved Health

by Amantha May | December 4, 2020 | Medical

In the fall of 2019, Fitbit announced a collaboration with Taiwan-based diabetes management software company Health2Sync. The partnership gave Fitbit users in Japan and Taiwan the option to sync their personal health and fitness data with the Health2Sync mobile app. A...

New Study to Help Limb Surgery Patients with Rehab

by Bruce Brown | December 3, 2020 | Enabling Tech

It’s fair to say most of us don’t think about how we move our hands and fingers when we use them for common tasks. We focus on hand and finger positions when we learn new skills such as knitting or try to perfect skills such as holding a golf club, but...

AI-Powered Assistive Glasses for the Blind [video]

by Bruce Brown | December 2, 2020 | Health

We wrote about Envision’s smartphone app paired with Google Glass smart eyewear for vision-impaired persons earlier this year in March. At that time, the platform was in the preorder stage and Envision expected to ship the system in August. Then a pandemic...

Consumer tDCS Device Improves Focus [video]

by Amantha May | December 2, 2020 | Health

A cutting-edge consumer neurostimulation device can now help individuals improve their focus and improve mental performance in the comfort of their own homes. LIFTiD is an affordable transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) device that targets the areas of the...