FIGUR8 has commercialized MGH/MIT Media Lab research to create a sensor and algorithm to measure and track body movement as a biomarker. The wearable creates a movement baseline, diagnoses dysfunction, identifies injury risk, optimizes...
Zhenan Bao‘s adhesive, unobtrusive wearables continue to change the way health is monitored. Her new BodyNet system tracks pulse, respiration, and other physiological signs using small, screen printed stickers around the body, and a...
Edward Changat UCSF, Mark Chevillet at Facebook, and colleagues, have published a studywhere implanted electrodes were used to “read” whole words from thoughts. Previous technology required users to spell words with a virtual keyboard. Subjects listened...
Kang Lee, Zong Ping Feng, Paul Zheng, and University of Toronto colleagues are measuring blood pressure using a selfie video and transdermal optical imaging technology. Because of its translucency, phone optical sensors can capture red light...