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by Bruce Brown | April 1, 2019 | Health
It’s easy for strivers to blow off inadequate sleep in pursuit of their goals, but people are paying increased attention to the harmful effects of long-term sleep deprivation. Many wearable devices measure sleep, reporting time spent in various sleep stages and...
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by Kimberly Houston | February 20, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
With the advent of flexible battery technology that can be integrated into fabric and other materials, wearable devices that conform to complex shapes like the human body become possible. For wearable electronics to enjoy widespread adoption, the batteries that power...
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...
by Alfred Poor | September 14, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
To be successful, wearable Health Tech devices must be lightweight and flexible in order to be unobtrusive. Digital devices need electrical power, but batteries tend to be rigid and hard. Researchers are working to create flexible forms of power storage, and one of...
by Alfred Poor | February 22, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Most wearable Health Tech devices depend on electricity to power their digital electronics for sensors, data storage, processing, and transmission. And in almost all cases, this means a battery. The problem is that most batteries are hard and rigid, which wearables...
