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by Bruce Brown | March 27, 2019 | Enabling Tech
In 2014 market tracking firm IHS predicted rapid growth in wearable displays, with an upsurge that would start in 2018. At the time the group bullet-pointed three challenges: good outdoor visibility, low power consumption, and flexible form factors. We’ve...
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by Alfred Poor | January 3, 2019 | Enabling Tech
I often talk about how health tech wearables ultimately will have to “disappear” into our lives. This means that you don’t have to remember to put on the device or pick it up, you don’t have to remember to recharge it, and you don’t need...
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by Bruce Brown | October 31, 2018 | General News, Health
Heart surgery is scary enough when patients anticipate what could happen during the procedure. After hospital discharge, however, heart surgery patients can find the need to self-monitor even more worrisome. The concern is not unfounded, as a 2016 study in Progressive...
by Alfred Poor | October 3, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
At a recent CES show in Las Vegas, I met someone who was developing a smart insole to measure the pressure forces at multiple locations on the subject’s foot. As we discussed the design challenges, she said “The biggest problem is figuring out where to put...
by Alfred Poor | August 8, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
As we explore new ways to create more effective wearable devices to monitor our health, smart garments are appealing because they are easy to integrate into our daily life. Most researchers look at the problem from a component perspective; how do you create flexible...
