![Google and Levi’s Ship Smart Jacket [video]](https://healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/09/Google-Levis-smart-jacket.jpg)
by Alfred Poor | September 27, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
We’ve been waiting for this news for a long, long time. “Smart garments” with incorporated sensors and wireless connections have enormous potential, but to date, they have almost exclusively been designed for fitness enthusiasts. The rare exceptions...
by Alfred Poor | January 5, 2017 | General News, Health
We’ve often written about how wearable Health Tech devices have to “disappear” into our lives if they are to be successful. Large, bulky sensors that have to be recharged frequently are not destined for long-term success. That’s why we were...
![Throwing a Knuckler at Touch Screens [video]](https://healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/03/Qeexo-touch.jpg)
by Alfred Poor | March 16, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Users need to be able to interact with wearable devices in ways that are easy, intuitive, and precise. It’s not difficult to add touchscreen functions to a small display like a smartwatch, but the small size can make it difficult for interactions to be easy or...
![Prosthetic Hand Obeys Multiple Inputs [video]](https://healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/02/Touch-Bionics-i-limb.jpg)
by Alfred Poor | February 10, 2016 | General News, Health
Wearable technology comes in a variety of shapes, sizes, and levels of complexity. Perhaps the most complex are the powered prosthetic limbs that aim to replace the functions of human hands. We’ve written about other projects (such as the open-source HACKberry...
![CES 2016: Lensless Camera Is Tiny and Low-Power [video]](https://healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/01/Rambus-camera.jpg)
by Alfred Poor | January 13, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Solid-state cameras are everywhere, from smartphones to door bells to baby monitors, and a host of other devices. But they all have something in common: a lens to focus light on the tiny imaging chip. In relative terms, the lens is enormous compared with the sensor....
