by Alfred Poor | October 2, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Tiny sensors and printed electronics make it possible to create small, flexible, wearable Health Tech devices. These devices need electricity to operate, which means that they need a way to store the energy until needed. Most batteries are rigid devices, and often...
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by Alfred Poor | September 28, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
From robotics to prosthetics, creating materials that mimic the actions of human muscle tissue are in great demand. Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have developed a technology that creates threads that can contract on demand, which could open the door...
