![Gold Nanoparticles in Printed Touch Sensor [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/07/Feelit-sensor.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | July 13, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
The sense of touch is one of the most sensitive and critical systems for a human body. The same system that can detect a puff of air can also work under hundreds of pounds of pressure. And we can distinguish between points as close together as a single millimeter. If...
![Hand Sensor Speeds Rehab [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/07/Rapael-hand.jpg?resize=600%2C267)
by Alfred Poor | July 7, 2016 | General News, Medical
At first glance, the device shown in this picture resembles a robotic prosthetic that might help patients move their hands. In fact, the device is passive and is designed to accurately measure a patient’s hand motions, right down to individual fingers. This is a...
![Pillo Smart Home Pill Dispenser [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/06/Pillo-with-video-600x279.jpg?resize=600%2C279)
by Bruce Brown | June 20, 2016 | General News, Health
Artificial intelligence, robotics, facial recognition, voice recognition, touchscreen display, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, telemedicine, prescription storage, dispensing, and re-ordering: the Pillo can has all of these features, which is why it is billed as “Your Personal...
![New Plastic Can Stretch 100x and Self-Heal [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/05/Stanford-polymer.jpg?resize=599%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | May 5, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
The future of wearable Health Tech devices is closely tied to the development of new materials. As we try to link living organisms more closely to digital electronics, we will need all sorts of flexible materials that are bio-compatible and capable of performing...
![Hybrid Conductor Stretches to 4 Times Its Size [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/03/EPFL-flexible-conductors.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | March 8, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
What are you looking at in the photo above? It’s a sheet of plastic with electrical conductors on its surface. These traces connect LEDs to a power source, and you can see that the electricity is reaching them because they are glowing green. So far, so what?...
