New Wireless Technology Beams Power Into Body to Energize Tiny Implantable Devices
Effectively powering implantable electronic devices has been a challenge ever since they first came to market. Batteries are bulky and have to be replaced, which is a huge problem when your device is inside a living human.
Adidas equips World Cup teams with fitness sensors, scopes out healthcare opportunity
We’ve written about professional sports teams deploying mobile health tracking devices in basketball and cycling. Two years ago, Adidas added professional soccer to their list, and they’ve now equipped 19 teams in the United States and Europe with its miCoach Elite system.
Prediction: Fitness tracker market to hit $2.2 billion this year
Worldwide revenues from sports, fitness, and activity tracking devices will grow by 46 percent between 2013 and 2019, according to a recent report from analyst group IHS Technology.
Elixir DESolve 100 Novolimus Eluting Coronary Scaffold System Cleared in Europe
Elixir Medical (Sunnyvale, CA) received European CE Mark approval for its DESolve 100 Novolimus-eluting coronary scaffold system.
Intel’s CEO: The Best Wearable Tech Will Come From Individual Inventors
With sales of smartphones losing steam, technology companies including Intel believe that wearable computing devices – a still undefined category including smart watches, fitness trackers and Google Glass – could become a major trend in personal computing.
IBM discovers new class of ultra-tough, self-healing, recyclable plastics that could redefine almost every industry
Stop the press! IBM Research announced this morning that it has discovered a whole new class of… plastics. This might not sound quite as sexy as, say, MIT discovering a whole new state of matter — but wait until you hear what these new plastics can do.
How 3-D Printed Guns Evolved Into Serious Weapons in Just One Year
A burgeoning subculture of 3-D printed gun enthusiasts dreams of the day when a lethal firearm can be downloaded or copied by anyone, anywhere, as easily as a pirated episode of Game of Thrones.
Report: Wearables To Go Mainstream By 2025
While wearables are definitely the hot topic of the tech world, without mass market acceptance the gadgets will likely end up as just novelties for the early adopter clique. A new Pew Research study, however, indicates that wearable tech is no mere flash in the pan.
Google Glass handed out to all medical students at UC Irvine
The fledgling Google Glass is slowly working its way into the mainstream, and one place that people should get used to seeing the device is in hospitals. Several medical institutions have already been testing the computer-enabled eyeglasses to see if the devices enhance doctor’s work.
Cue to offer at-home, smartphone connected lab tests
A few weeks ago, when we revisited Eric Topol’s top 10 digital health predictions, Topol mentioned microfluidics — and the ability to create home versions of medical lab tests — as one of the unexpected breakthroughs of the last five years.
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