by Amantha May | November 26, 2021 | Enabling Tech
Near-field communication (NFC) powers contactless keycards and payment systems such as Google Wallet and Apple Pay, allowing users to speed through checkout lines and open doors without pulling out keys or pressing buttons. A team of researchers at the University of...
by Alfred Poor | November 26, 2021 | Enabling Tech, Health, Medical
The international CES electronics show is still more than a month away, yet our coverage has already started with articles about some of this year’s Innovation Award winners. CES continues to be one of the most important events for the health tech industry,...
by Bruce Brown | November 25, 2021 | Medical
More than 70% of all dug overdose deaths involved an opioid in 2019, the most recent study published by the CDC. Naloxone is a medicine that quickly reverse opioid overdoses. Naloxone is usually injected, although the FDA has also approved a nasal spray. In 2018, we...
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by Unber Shafiq | November 24, 2021 | Medical
The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate when compared to 10 other developed nations. Of the 700 pregnancy-related deaths occurring each year in the country, two-thirds are deemed preventable. To protect mother and child during labor, PeriGen Inc.—a company...
by Amantha May | November 24, 2021 | Enabling Tech
Researchers in Korea have engineered a new patch that makes collecting sweat for biometric data more efficient. Inspired by the way cactus spines collect water, the patch could make daily blood draws a thing of the past for individuals managing diabetes. Developed at...
by Bruce Brown | November 23, 2021 | Health, Medical
ReWalk Robotics is a Marlborough, Massachusetts-based company that specializes in wearable assistive robotic medical devices for patients with lower-limb disabilities. We have written about ReWalk technologies multiple times, starting with in 2014 when Alfred Poor...
