by Alfred Poor | July 13, 2015 | Enabling Tech
Wearable devices need power to operate. To make them run longer without having to recharge, designers have a number of options. They can use energy harvesting technology to scavenge energy from the ambient environment, but this can be expensive and may only produce...
by Alfred Poor | June 10, 2015 | Enabling Tech
One of the reasons that wearable Health Tech devices have become so valuable is that they can take advantage of wireless data communications technology. Driven by demand for features in smartphones, tiny wireless transceivers have become inexpensive. Different...
by Alfred Poor | May 13, 2015 | Health, Medical
As we’ve mentioned numerous times already, Google Glass is not the only game in town for head mounted displays. Industrial applications continue to drive the development of systems that give users access to digital information in a mobile, hands-free device. One...
by Alfred Poor | May 4, 2015 | Medical
According to a report in the Financial Times (subscription required), Ford has given up on the development of a smart car seat that can detect a driver’s irregular heart rhythms. The idea is that the car could tell if the driver was incapacitated due to a heart...
by Alfred Poor | March 23, 2015 | Health, Medical
When healthcare professionals can track a patient’s vital signs and biometric data outside of a hospital or other clinical setting, outcomes are improved and costs are lower. Honeywell Life Care Solutions has just released the latest version of their Genesis...
