Graphene Doubles Biosensor Sensitivity

Graphene Doubles Biosensor Sensitivity

AMBER (Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research) is  a research center at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. Researchers there have made a discovery that make great improvements in the detection and diagnosis of a wide range of diseases and conditions. They have...
Tiny LEDs for Wearables

Tiny LEDs for Wearables

When it comes to designing wearable Health Tech devices, small is beautiful. In order to make wearables that “disappear” into our lives, everything needs to be made smaller, lighter, thinner, and last longer without recharging. (It’s best if they...
Energy Harvesting Key to Wearable Success

Energy Harvesting Key to Wearable Success

If wearable Health Tech devices are to be successful, they are going to have to disappear into our lives. If they require that we plug them in (or place them on a charging station) every night or week or month, it will give people one more reason to not use them. This...
Experiment Creates Glowing Threads

Experiment Creates Glowing Threads

This picture may not be all that compelling at first glance. It looks like someone has a wire with some white stuff on it. Or maybe the wire is glowing from electricity running through it. Here’s the scoop; that white section is indeed emitting light, but...