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Sensor Rich Pitcher's Mound and Other Electronics Help to Track Causes of Baseball Injuries
The arms of baseball pitchers have to endure massive forces in order launch balls up to 100 miles per hour and injuries are common. A team at Ohio State University is using high tech tools, and the world's most advanced pitcher mound, to...
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Wristband with a Myriad of Sensors to Improve Lives of Dementia Patients
At the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration in Berlin, Germany researchers are working on a sensor and software package that would help people developing dementia to slow down the disease progression and improve their and their...
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Wearables for a World Without Disease: Interview with imec's Chris Van Hoof
Medgadget was recently invited to attend the imec Technology Forum conference in Antwerp, Belgium. Imec is a non-profit R&D innovation organization specializing in nanoelectronics and digital technologies. Like many digital hardware companies,...
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Klue Hand Tracking Tech for Behavior Change to be Tried at Stanford, Crossover Health
Klue, a Silicon Valley company that's working to better utilize data gathered from wearable body trackers, is now working with Stanford University and Crossover Health, a primary care medical group, to study the effectiveness of Klue's modules...
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NFL Releases Free Design Software to Spur Development of Safer Helmets
The NFL (National Football League), having been convinced of the danger of head impacts on its players and the sport overall, has begun a number of initiatives to try to deal with concussions and related injuries. As part of their Play Smart....
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Fitbit Versa: Medgadget Reviews One of The Best Fitness Wearables
An already crowded smartwatch/fitness & health tracker space just got a little more congested with the recent release of Fitbit's latest smartwatch. The new Fitbit Versa is the company's latest attempt to claim a slice of the smartwatch pie...
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Highly Compliant, Ultra Sensitive Electronic Skin to Give Prostheses a Sense of Touch
Scientists at Stanford University have created a way to produce thin, stretchable electronic circuits that feature incredibly sensitive pressure sensors. These electronics can one day be wrapped around prosthetic hands to provide a sense of...
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On-Skin Flexible Screen for Displaying Live Health Information
Scientists at the University of Tokyo have developed an elastic display that can be affixed to the skin to display the waveform of an electrocardiogram, or other health parameters, detected by a skin sensor. When combined with a communication...
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Connexion Walk-In Body Analysis Kiosk Unveiled and Sacramento Kings are Getting One
A new company called Connexion Health is releasing its Connexion walk-in body analysis system. The kiosk includes the Fusionetics+ app, which is powered by software developed by Fusionetics, a company that develops performance enhancing...
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