Electronics & Semiconductors
Self-charging smartwatches and health trackers could be a step closer following the development of tiny mechanical devices powered by movement, a study suggests.
Apr 26, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Scientists at the University of Sussex have successfully trialed new biodegradable health sensors that could change the way we experience personal health care and fitness monitoring technology.
Mar 2, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
There you are wrist deep into a quart of Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey, digging ever deeper. You can't deny it. Your necklace is recording the ice-cream binge, which it will later dispatch to a coach or dietician.
Jul 8, 2020
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Many flexible fitness trackers can't be submerged in water because the coatings required to completely seal these devices would make them uncomfortable to wear. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Nano have applied a thin, ...
Oct 7, 2022
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Your watch's heartrate data can alert you to signs of diabetes thanks to a diabetes detection algorithm. A study shows heart rate sensors like the Apple Watch, Android Wear, Garmin, or Fitbits can detect early signs of diabetes.
Robotics
A team of researchers at Southeast University in Nanjing, China, has developed a heart-on-a-chip platform incorporating rat heart muscle cells, hydrogel and nanocrystals. In their paper published in the journal Science Robotics, ...
Engineering
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in South Korea has developed a stretchable memory device that can be applied to the skin and used as part of a heart rate monitor. In their paper published in the ...
Robotics
Seeing robots made with soft, flexible parts in action appears to lower people's anxiety about working with them or even being replaced by them.
Dec 5, 2023
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Software
Google on Thursday unveiled an upgraded fitness app which uses smartphone camera capabilities to measure respiration and heart rate.
Feb 4, 2021
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Software
What should the city we live in look like? How do structural changes affect the people who move around it? Cartographers at Ruhr University Bochum use virtual reality tools to explore these questions before a great deal of ...
Jul 14, 2023
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