by Alfred Poor | October 4, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
If you have to stop and recharge your wearable all the time, you’re more likely to stop using it. Back when wristwatches first became popular (after World War I), the invention of a self-winding watch became a big hit as they used the wearer’s movements to...
by Alfred Poor | September 15, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
“Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime. Give a man a pile of fish waste, and he can make electricity forever.” Okay, so maybe that’s not exactly how the old saying goes. But...
by Alfred Poor | August 31, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Power storage for wearable devices poses problems. The ideal solution would pack a lot of energy in a small package, be flexible, be stretchable, and could discharge or recharge rapidly. Unfortunately, that does not describe your typical battery technology....
by Bruce Brown | August 10, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Wearable Health Tech requires power to work. The size, shape, and type of power can vary, but any form of action requires power. Most wearable devices use batteries, which come with their own challenges of space, weight, and recharging. If you’re going to wear a...
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by Bruce Brown | August 4, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Real-time monitoring of our muscles, nerves, and organs without living inside an MRI machine sounds like a fantasy awaiting some future generation of science. But University of California, Berkeley engineers cracked the code to monitoring from the inside. The key to...
