by Alfred Poor | February 17, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Wearable sensors and related devices are at the heart of the Health Tech revolution, but the question of how to power these systems remains without an optimal answer. One of the attractive solutions is to harvest energy from the surrounding environment to eliminate...
by Alfred Poor | January 27, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Adenosine triphosphate: you might recognize this chemical compound from your high school or college biology class, or perhaps its acronym ATP will ring a bell. The bottom line is that you can’t live without it. This is the molecule that takes energy from where...
by Alfred Poor | October 1, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News
Perpetual motion machines cannot exist, at least according to the Laws of Thermodynamics. Eventually, the energy will leak out and the machine will stop. But if you can provide a machine with an endless external source of energy — such as the sun — it...
by Alfred Poor | August 25, 2015 | Enabling Tech, Medical
Light from low-power infrared lasers can help promote bone growth, speeding up healing after bone repairs. One problem is that patients can only spend a limited time getting light treatments in a clinical setting. Wouldn’t it be great if you could create a...
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by Alfred Poor | July 22, 2015 | Health, Medical
When it comes to the “quantified self” movement, humans aren’t the only ones who can track their health and fitness information. SeeHorse is a company that has created a wearable Health Tech device for horses. When you think about it, this makes a...
