Silver Nanowires Improve Breast Screening

Silver Nanowires Improve Breast Screening

The IDTechEx conference was held in Santa Clara, CA November 18 and 19, 2015, covering a wide range of topics including wearable devices and related technology such as sensors, printed electronics, and energy harvesting. This is one of the many items of interest from...
Flexible Touch Sensor Based on Fluids

Flexible Touch Sensor Based on Fluids

As we’ve written before, adding the sense of touch to prosthetic hands is essential to provide the feedback that the wearer needs to make natural use of the device. Scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have come up with a novel approach for a...
Smart Home Is a Lab for the Elderly

Smart Home Is a Lab for the Elderly

About 3.2 million U.S. households are seniors aged 65 or older, living by themselves. People are living longer, and for a variety of personal, social, financial, and emotional reasons, they want to remain living independently in their own home as long as they can....
Artery Sensor Reduces Hospital Readmissions

Artery Sensor Reduces Hospital Readmissions

Last year, we covered a device called the CardioMEMS HF System that monitors the pressure of the blood pumped by a patient’s heart. The tiny electro-mechanical device is inserted in a patient’s pulmonary artery, where it transmits data wirelessly. The...