by Bruce Brown | December 18, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News
The wearable technology business is beginning to pick up steam. Watches and wristbands get a lot of attention, but developments in smart textiles, also called e-textiles, are approaching a tipping point after which we can expect a rush of new products. Many of the...
by Alfred Poor | April 16, 2015 | Medical
A spin-off company from the University of Maryland is working to develop the world’s first wearable artificial lung. Breethe, Inc. has support from UM Ventures, which helps bring start-ups from the University of Maryland together with financial investors and...
by Alfred Poor | September 11, 2014 | Fitness, Health, Medical
A group of scientists at the University of California San Diego have come up with a novel way to power wearable Health Tech devices: sweat. When you exercise your muscles, they produce lactate. The harder your muscles work, the more lactate they produce. Athletes and...