by Alfred Poor | June 30, 2015 | Health, Medical
In a story published by Bloomberg last week, a Google representative revealed that the company is working on the development of a wearable Health Tech that is not intended for consumer use. Instead, the company plans to produce a product that physicians and...
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by Alfred Poor | June 18, 2015 | Enabling Tech
The dream system for monitoring a person’s biometric data is a network of always-on sensors distributed around the body, generating all sorts of useful data ranging from vital signs to the levels of different compounds in the blood or tissues. One of the keys to...
by Alfred Poor | May 6, 2015 | Health
One of the clever features of the new Apple Watch is that it can monitor your heart rate. The back of the watch housing contains green and infrared LEDs, paired with light sensors. The infrared lights are used to measure your heart rate every 10 minutes, and if that...
by Alfred Poor | April 29, 2015 | Enabling Tech
Wearable Health Tech devices have all sorts of sensors, and many include cameras. These can be used for the prosaic tasks of capturing still images or video, but that’s just the start. Giving a device the power of vision means that it can detect gestures that...
by Alfred Poor | April 16, 2015 | Enabling Tech
One of the challenges for wearable Health Tech devices is coming up with a long-lasting, reliable energy source. Various energy harvesting approaches offer some appealing solutions because they eliminate the need to recharge from some electrical source. They can pull...
