by Alfred Poor | December 21, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have become a miracle material; researchers are finding wide ranging applications from transparent conductive layers to solar cells to printable electronics. Scientists at the University of Texas Arlington (UT) is working on a new device that...
by Alfred Poor | November 25, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News
The IDTechEx conference was held in Santa Clara, CA November 18 and 19, 2015, covering a wide range of topics including wearable devices and related technology such as sensors, printed electronics, and energy harvesting. This is one of the many items of interest from...
by Alfred Poor | August 24, 2015 | Enabling Tech
Wearable Health Tech devices need power, and in almost all cases, this comes from stored electricity. Chemical batteries are still the technology of choice, but the search is on in earnest for better solutions. One enticing area of exploration is the supercapacitor...
by Alfred Poor | July 13, 2015 | Enabling Tech
Batteries store electricity, but they’re not ideal for wearable Health Tech devices. They aren’t all that great in terms of how much power they can store in a given space, they are slow to charge, and they are slow to discharge. That’s why designers...
by Alfred Poor | July 1, 2015 | Enabling Tech
Imagine a bandage that could tell healthcare workers at a glance what was going on underneath. Does a dressing need to be changed? Is there bacterial growth that indicates an infection? Is the temperature of the skin hotter or colder than normal, which could indicate...