by William McCleary | August 12, 2022 | Enabling Tech
If you believe the old proverb, eyes may be the window to the soul, but one’s peepers could also offer a glimpse of something more practical: blood sugar levels. And it may be possible with smart contact lenses. Researchers at Stanford University and South...
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by Bruce Brown | August 11, 2022 | Medical
Blood glucose monitoring has always been one of the most-watched technologies in digital health and smart wearables. In early 2017, Health Tech Insider first covered Paris-based PKVitality’s ongoing development of a new technology that uses microscopic probes to...
by William McCleary | August 10, 2022 | Enabling Tech
For some time now, most of us have been relying on face masks to filter out COVID-19. But what if there were masks that did something better, such as deactivating the virus? That’s the idea behind an innovative new antiviral face mask from researchers at the...
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by Unber Shafiq | August 10, 2022 | Enabling Tech
We are born with many abilities, but gripping things underwater is not one of them. Divers use oxygen tanks for breathing, special suits to keep the body warm, and other equipment to adapt to underwater environments for the short duration of time that they spend below...
by Bruce Brown | August 9, 2022 | Health
Bose Corporation was probably the best known brand to enter the race to produce hearables for people with hearing impairment. Bose first made the company’s intentions clear with a website for Bose Hearphones in 2016. in mid-2021, Bose announced that the...
by Unber Shafiq | August 9, 2022 | General News
Hyfe, a company dedicated to AI-powered cough detection and tracking, has partnered with Merck, to integrate its cough tracker technology into Merck’s consumer disease educational efforts. Merck (known as MSD in countries other than the US and Canada) is working to...
