by Alfred Poor | September 17, 2014 | Enabling Tech
Some wearable Health Tech devices are primarily sensors that transmit data wirelessly to some base unit (such as a smartphone or tablet) that processes and sends the data along for analysis and reporting. But other devices — such as smartwatches — need a...
by Alfred Poor | September 11, 2014 | Fitness, Health, Medical
A group of scientists at the University of California San Diego have come up with a novel way to power wearable Health Tech devices: sweat. When you exercise your muscles, they produce lactate. The harder your muscles work, the more lactate they produce. Athletes and...
by Alfred Poor | September 10, 2014 | Medical
Nobody gives out medals for doing everything with electronics. Sometimes, an old-fashioned mechanical solution can work as well or better than some futuristic approach. We’ve reported here before about energy harvesting technology to provide long-term power for...
by Alfred Poor | September 8, 2014 | Health
Wearable technology is great, but you don’t always need a wearable device to achieve a desired outcome. For example, consider the problem of monitoring the daily activities of an elderly person living independently in their own home. A caregiver or responsible...
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by Alfred Poor | September 5, 2014 | Enabling Tech
One of the most important tasks for most wearable Health Tech devices is to know where it is. Thanks to the demands of the smartphone market, the components required to keep track of position and motion keep getting smaller and costing less. And perhaps most...
