Energy Efficiency for Biomedical Devices

Energy Efficiency for Biomedical Devices

by | February 23, 2015 | Enabling Tech

Smaller, more efficient, more effective: researchers around the globe are working to find ways to make sensors and other Health Tech systems better. This is especially true for devices worn on — or in — the body. Scientists at the University of Technology...
Textiles to Pull Electricity from Thin Air

Textiles to Pull Electricity from Thin Air

by | October 22, 2014 | Enabling Tech

The concept of a body network is an intriguing one. Autonomous sensors communicate wirelessly with each other and a central controller, collecting and relaying data on a variety of health and fitness metrics, watching for markers that might indicate injury or disease,...
Radio-on-a-Chip to Create Smart Networks [video]

Radio-on-a-Chip to Create Smart Networks [video]

by | September 16, 2014 | Enabling Tech

 Credit: Amin Arbabian When I was in grade school, my parents bought me a transistor radio. It was about the size of a dictionary, but it ran on batteries and I could put it under my pillow and listen to the Baltimore Orioles’ games as I fell asleep. It was so...
Want Chips with Those Pills?

Want Chips with Those Pills?

by | July 30, 2014 | Medical

One of the biggest challenges for caregivers and health professionals is helping patients adhere to their prescription medication schedules. Many treatments require specific doses taken at regular intervals, and missed or late doses can cause problems ranging from a...