by Alfred Poor | July 9, 2014 | Enabling Tech
You may remember the use of silver nanoparticles to kill odor-causing bacteria in socks and t-shirts. Now scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in England have discovered a new way to combine silver with fabrics to enable a wide range of wearable...
by Alfred Poor | June 25, 2014 | Enabling Tech
One key challenge for most WellTech devices is finding a way to provide electrical power. Some devices can harvest energy from their environment, using body heat, ambient light, motion, or some other source. Most devices will still require some way to store power for...
by Alfred Poor | June 10, 2014 | Enabling Tech, Medical
Researchers at the University of Texas, Dallas and the University of Tokyo have demonstrated ways to print transistors on plastic substrates that then can conform to structures in the body such as blood vessels, nerves, or tendons. This will make it possible to create...
