by Bruce Brown | March 9, 2017 | General News, Medical
While wearable health technology evolves quickly in pursuit of clinical grade sensors and analysis, research into applications of artificial intelligence (AI) proceeds in universities and research centers around the globe. One of the most promising and exciting AI...
by Alfred Poor | August 4, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
The photo above shows a small patch of thin plastic on a subject’s skin. How thin is the plastic? 0.004 mm, or about 1/25 of the width of a human hair. That’s thin. It’s not remarkable that this flexible patch of plastic is so thin; what’s...
by Alfred Poor | October 8, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News
One particularly knotty problem for wearables is the question of how to make a useful display. Most companies follow the same model that has been used for wristwatches for more than 100 years; take a rigid display and attach it to a flexible band so that it can be...
by Alfred Poor | February 24, 2015 | Enabling Tech
When engineers design a wearable device, such as a smartwatch, they have to be concerned about the cost of the materials and the cost of assembly. If the device costs too much to make, the company won’t be able to sell it for a profit. But there’s another...
