by Bruce Brown | September 19, 2022 | Enabling Tech
Is there any limit to the biodata attainable from sweat? Apparently not, at least that’s the implication from Caltech’s Cherng Department of Medical Engineering. Led by assistant professor Wei Gao, the Caltech team published a report explaining their...
by Bruce Brown | April 28, 2022 | Medical
Preemptive care can improve overall healthcare outcomes and reduce costs for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). Nearly 6 million people in the U.S. have heart failure and it’s the most common reason for hospitalization for people age 65 and older,...
by Bruce Brown | February 23, 2021 | Enabling Tech
Since 2014, we have written about biometric sensors of all shapes, sizes, materials, and technologies. On August 29, 2014, Alfred Poor wrote about FDA approval for Vital Connect’s HealthPatch, a medical device that combined a disposable patch and a reusable...
by Bruce Brown | December 24, 2020 | Medical
CES 2021, the first all-digital version of the annual technology event will run January 11-14. We expect to read and hear about a multitude of new health and medical technologies. Technology we covered previously also is in the CEW 2021 news. BioIntellisense is a...
by Bruce Brown | April 23, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Harvesting host energy to power biosensors is an efficient way to keep wearables and injectables running, at least in theory. We wrote about recent work at ETRI on a thermoelectric module that generates energy to power sensors from human body heat. In 2019 we covered...
