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If someone is at risk of heart failure, it’s important to monitor their vital signs on an ongoing basis. An experimental new wearable is designed to do exactly that, and it takes the form of an electronically endowed belt.Continue ReadingCategory: Medi… Continue reading “Smart” vitals-monitoring belt designed to warn of heart failure
Although there already are experimental “telehaptic” systems that allow people to send and receive tactile sensations, they tend to be rather bulky and awkward. A new one is much slimmer and thus more practical, thanks to the use of piezoelectric mater… Continue reading Piezoelectric tech allows tactile sensations to be sent and received
Although many groups are developing power-generating “smart fabrics,” the technology is often too complex to be scaled up to commercial use. Now, however, scientists have devised a simple method of embroidering electrical generators onto regular fabric… Continue reading Embroidered patches allow existing fabrics to generate electricity
Along with the new iPhone 14 lineup, Apple has today announced the next-generation Apple Watch Series 8, as well as an upgraded Apple Watch SE, its entry-level wearable. The watches feature new temperature-sensing tech, Crash Detection, international r… Continue reading Apple Watch Series 8 and SE go hard on the health tracking
Wearable electronics could soon be powered by dead microbes. New research out of UMass Amherst has demonstrated a biofilm that generates electricity from sweat, harnessing the corpses of dead bacteria – and it’s at least as effective as a battery.Conti… Continue reading Dead-bug biofilm creates powerful evaporation battery
One of the best ways of tracking an infant’s neurological development is to observe their movements as they play. A new “smart” jumpsuit is designed to do so automatically, providing consistently accurate data via machine learning technology.Continue R… Continue reading Jumpsuit uses motion sensors to tracks infants’ neurological development
Last year, scientists at Northwestern University announced a transient pacemaker that dissolves when no longer needed. They’ve now improved the device, and incorporated it into a linked suite of wearable sensors.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, Scien… Continue reading Dissolving pacemaker links up with wearables to better control the heart
TshWatch is a project by [Ivan / @pikot] that he’s been working on for the past two years. [Ivan] explains that he aims to create a tool meant to help …read more Continue reading TshWatch Helps You Learn More About Yourself
Although there are various systems that detect quadriplegics’ head movements, most such setups are limited to the control of wheelchairs. Such is not the case, however, with the MagTrack system.Continue ReadingCategory: Good Thinking, LifestyleTags: Ge… Continue reading MagTrack system uses face and head movements to control devices
If you were heading off into a wilderness area with no cell coverage, you might worry about how you’d summon help if you got hurt or lost. Well, the O-Boy satellite-connected rescue watch was designed with just such concerns in mind.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading O-Boy watch tells the time and sends rescue alerts via satellite