by Alfred Poor | June 23, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
In order for Health Tech wearables to become widely adopted, they must be able to go about their duties with a minimum of attention from their users. Having to recharge a device every night is not convenient, especially when you compare it to a typical $25 wristwatch...
by Alfred Poor | May 24, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Pacemaker implants save many lives every year, but they have one inherent limitation. They run on electricity provided by a lithium coin battery which contains toxic materials and has to be changed every few years. Researchers are finding ways to harvest energy from...
by Alfred Poor | February 22, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Most wearable Health Tech devices depend on electricity to power their digital electronics for sensors, data storage, processing, and transmission. And in almost all cases, this means a battery. The problem is that most batteries are hard and rigid, which wearables...
by Alfred Poor | August 24, 2015 | Enabling Tech
Wearable Health Tech devices need power, and in almost all cases, this comes from stored electricity. Chemical batteries are still the technology of choice, but the search is on in earnest for better solutions. One enticing area of exploration is the supercapacitor...
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by Alfred Poor | June 26, 2015 | Enabling Tech
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, lithium-ion batteries are possibly the worst of all battery technologies, except for all others that have been tried. They hold a lot of electricity in a small space, but they are expensive to make and are responsible for occasionally...
