by Alfred Poor | March 5, 2015 | Enabling Tech
Digital electronic devices from wearable Health Tech to flat panel displays used for laptops and televisions require transparent conductors. These make it possible to create displays and touch screens, among other essential components. Now we want these devices to be...
by Alfred Poor | March 5, 2015 | Health, Medical
The key to wearable Health Tech devices is to have inexpensive sensors that can collect the desired biometric data. The problem is that these can be expensive or complicated to use. So how about sensors that you can just draw on your skin where you need one? It sounds...
by Alfred Poor | March 4, 2015 | Medical
Parkinson’s is a debilitating neurological disease that attacks the motor skills of patients, which can make it difficult for them to walk. A group of European researchers led by a team at the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya in Spain have developed a mobile...
by Alfred Poor | March 4, 2015 | Enabling Tech, Health
We’ve written about exoskeleton robotics as means of providing assistance to the injured and the infirm, but strapping on a metal framework may be more than some patients want or need. A group at the University of Bristol’s Department of Engineering and...
by Alfred Poor | March 3, 2015 | Enabling Tech
One major problem with wearable Health Tech devices is that they tend to be small. This is good, because it helps them “disappear” into the background of our daily lives. On the other hand, it makes it difficult for design engineers to come up with a...
by Alfred Poor | March 3, 2015 | Fitness, Health, Medical
Along with the rapid growth in wearable Health Tech devices, there has been a parallel growth in the conferences and exhibitions devoted to this and related markets. One worthy of note is the Connected Health Summit to be hosted by the industry research firm, Parks...