![Ultrasound Empowers and Instructs Wireless Implants [video]](https://i2.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/Stanford-Rice-size-implants-with-video-600x272.jpg?resize=600%2C272&ssl=1)
by Bruce Brown | April 6, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Wireless implants that control or monitor bodily systems, functions, and organs or deliver medical payloads remain a top-priority for academic and private research labs. Minimally invasive implants offer appealing benefits although the technology is still in its early...
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by Kimberly Houston | October 4, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
What if every day, ordinary materials could transform human motion into electricity to power lights, electronic devices, and used for other important applications? Physicists at the Clemson Nanomaterials Institute (CNI) at Clemson University have developed the...
by Alfred Poor | September 14, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
To be successful, wearable Health Tech devices must be lightweight and flexible in order to be unobtrusive. Digital devices need electrical power, but batteries tend to be rigid and hard. Researchers are working to create flexible forms of power storage, and one of...
by Alfred Poor | September 1, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
When I was a child and I’d complain about it getting cold, my mother would tell me to put on a sweater. It’s possible that in the near future, when children complain that their smartphone is running out of power, their mothers may give them the same...
![Thin Film Captures Energy from Motion [video]](https://i1.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/08/Vanderbilt-energy-harvesting.jpg?resize=599%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | July 20, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
One of the recurring themes here at Health Tech Insider is the question of how we are going to power sensors and other wearable devices for Health Tech applications. Energy harvesting is an attractive solution because it can delay or even eliminate the need to...
