![Soft Robotic Muscles Fold Like Origami [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/Origami-muscle-with-video-600x273.png?resize=600%2C273)
by Bruce Brown | January 1, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Soft robotics enable smoother movement and greater dexterity than hard material robotics, traditionally at the cost of strength. Similarly, when we were kids, many of us learned the different characteristics of erector sets and cat’s cradle. We’ve written...
![Wearable Tracks Hydration in Real Time [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/LVL-with-video-600x277.jpg?resize=600%2C277)
by Bruce Brown | December 20, 2017 | General News, Health
Dehydration is over-rated. There was no scientific basis when the U.S Health and Nutrition Board’s 1945 recommended that adults drink 84.5 ounces a day, which most people referred to then as now as “eight glasses a day.” According to the University...
![Radar Vest Combats Heart Failure [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/07/radar-vest-heart-failure-1.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | July 13, 2017 | General News, Medical
Congestive heart failure occurs when the heart is not able to pump blood effectively. One of the results of this chronic condition is that fluid builds up in the patient’s body. In time, the lungs start to fill with fluid — as with pneumonia — and...
![Wearable Vibration Sensor Enables Many Applications [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/11/Wearable-microchips-with-video-600x273.png?resize=600%2C273)
by Bruce Brown | November 29, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Wearable health tech takes a giant step further with stretchable devices that can attach to the skin. Researchers from Northwestern University and the University of Colorado Boulder, in conjunction with other institutions, have developed a tiny, soft, wearable...
![Robotic Band Promotes Blood Flow [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/05/AdaFlow-compression.jpg?resize=600%2C274)
by Alfred Poor | May 18, 2016 | General News, Health
Our bodies rely on many complex systems, and one of the most important is the circulation of blood. This life-giving fluid delivers oxygen to our cells, while transporting nutrients and wastes in and out of our different tissues. If asked about how this fluid gets...
