by Alfred Poor | September 5, 2016 | Enabling Tech
Gutenberg’s movable type revolutionized the printing process, but it was still a batch-mode production. Individual sheets of paper were placed in the press one at a time, then printed. Eventually, roll-to-roll printing presses took over, printing pages much...
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 Bruce Brown | July 13, 2016 | General News, Health
Summer is upon us full force. For many that means a lot of time outside, preferably at the beach. Our largest organ, our skin, doesn’t do well with too much sun exposure and the “too much” part is pretty fuzzy. Generally, by the time we feel...
by Bruce Brown | June 15, 2016 | General News, Health
Our relationship with the sun is tricky. Sunlight is our best source of vitamin D and it also can feel wonderful. Many of us go to great lengths to get the deepest tan we can so we’ll “look our best.” On the other side of the coin, according to...
by Bruce Brown | June 9, 2016 | General News, Medical
Ordinarily on Health Tech Insider, we write about new or emerging technology related to health or medical application that you wear, carry, hold, sometimes ingest, and occasionally have implanted. This is not one of those articles. In fact, the appeal of this...