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Kyocera Develops New Optical Blood-Flow Sensor with Potential mHealth Applications

Kyocera Corporation announced that it has developed one of the smallest known optical blood-flow sensors, which measures the volume of blood flow in subcutaneous tissue.

15 Dec 2016

NIST Researchers Find Way to Build Gold Wires onto Thin Plastic Film for Wearable Health Sensors

In science, sometimes the best discoveries come when you’re exploring something else entirely.

24 Nov 2016

Researchers Develop New Sensor to Predict Heart Failure Events

According to John Boehmer, professor of medicine at Penn State College of Medicine, a set of sensors can detect when a patient’s condition is worsening and predict heart failure events.

22 Nov 2016

Wearable Acoustic Sensor Monitors Heart Health, Detects Speech Signals

Researchers have developed a small, soft, and wearable acoustic sensor that can measure vibrations in the human body, monitor the heart health, and detect spoken words. The new electronic device was developed by scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder and Northwestern University.

17 Nov 2016

Energy-Efficient Method for Tracking Physical Activity with Wearable Devices

A team of researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an energy-efficient method to accurately track the physical activity of a user based on data derived wearable devices.

17 Nov 2016

Olea Sensor Networks Releases RespiroTrack IoT Technology for Remote Health Monitoring Applications

Olea Sensor Networks, a leader in intelligent sensors and analytic software for sensor network-based systems, announced RespiroTrack™ with OleaSense™ Development Platform with software analytics for contact-less, remote health monitoring applications, featuring real-time data collection of respiratory function.

17 Nov 2016

Sensor Performance Improved with New ‘Optofluidic’ Technology

By combining the diatom, one of nature’s miniature miracles, with a version of inkjet printing and optical sensing, a team of researchers from Oregon State University have designed an excellent sensing device that may be nearly 10 million times more sensitive than other normally used approaches.

9 Nov 2016

PIEZO1 Sensor Implanted in Blood Vessel for Treating High Blood Pressure

Physical forces such as shear stress of flowing blood and blood pressure are important parameters for the tension of blood vessels.

4 Nov 2016

Newly Developed Optical Sensor can Test Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Blood

A research team at University of Adelaide has built a one of a kind optical sensor that can sense vitamin B12 in diluted human blood. This would be a first step towards an economical, broadscale, portable vitamin B12 deficiency test. Vitamin B12 deficiency is linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

18 Oct 2016

Wireless Activity Tracker Feasible in Monitoring Patients' Postoperative Functional Recovery

A new way for surgeons to know how well their patients are regaining physical function after a major abdominal operation could be as simple as patients wearing a fitness wristband to count their steps.

18 Oct 2016