by Alfred Poor | July 13, 2015 | Enabling Tech
Wearable devices need power to operate. To make them run longer without having to recharge, designers have a number of options. They can use energy harvesting technology to scavenge energy from the ambient environment, but this can be expensive and may only produce...
by Alfred Poor | 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...
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by Alfred Poor | June 18, 2015 | Enabling Tech
The dream system for monitoring a person’s biometric data is a network of always-on sensors distributed around the body, generating all sorts of useful data ranging from vital signs to the levels of different compounds in the blood or tissues. One of the keys to...
by Alfred Poor | May 27, 2015 | Enabling Tech
Have you ever noticed that if you stretch a rubber band a bunch of times in a row, it gets warm? That’s an indication of energy being generated by the stretching of the material. What if it produced electricity instead of heat? That’s the focus of new...
by Alfred Poor | May 22, 2015 | Enabling Tech
A battery can hold a relatively large amount of power, but it releases it slowly and can take a long time to recharge. A capacitor can’t hold as much power, but it can recharge very quickly and can also provide a large amount of power in a short time if needed....
