Energy Harvesting Key to Wearable Success

Energy Harvesting Key to Wearable Success

by | July 2, 2015 | Enabling Tech

If wearable Health Tech devices are to be successful, they are going to have to disappear into our lives. If they require that we plug them in (or place them on a charging station) every night or week or month, it will give people one more reason to not use them. This...
Better Battery Cuts Costs [video]

Better Battery Cuts Costs [video]

by | 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...
Headband to Help Parkinson’s Patients [video]

Headband to Help Parkinson’s Patients [video]

by | June 24, 2015 | Medical

Parkinson’s is an incurable degenerative disease of the nervous system. More than 1 million patients in the U.S. are affected by the disease, and more than 7 million worldwide. Symptoms include tremors, muscle stiffness, and slowed movement. Some prescription...
Low-Power Motion Sensor Chip

Low-Power Motion Sensor Chip

by | June 23, 2015 | Enabling Tech

One of the most important questions that just about any wearable Health Tech device can ask itself is “Where am I?” This simple question is key to so many important pieces of information: whether the wearer at motion or rest, how much distance has been...
Drug-Free Pain Relief Available [video]

Drug-Free Pain Relief Available [video]

by | June 19, 2015 | Health

According to some sources, as many as 100 million people in the U.S. suffer from chronic pain. This can be treated in a variety of ways, including medication, but these treatments are not always effective. NeuroMetrix is a spin-off from the Harvard-MIT Division of...