In a study of 12 healthy male volunteers, a wearable biosensor that is placed on the chest, called the VitalScout, provided an accurate assessment of physiological parameters—heart rate and respiration rate—that are used to calculate stress.
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SUDEP is defined as the sudden and unexpected, non-traumatic, and non-drowning death of a person with epilepsy. Now, a Purdue University-affiliated startup is developing a device to help stop this deadly condition.
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As the number of coronavirus cases among U.S. military personnel continues to grow, the U.S. Army is looking to accelerate the development of wearable technologies that could detect COVID-19.
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North Carolina State University engineers have demonstrated a flexible device that harvests the heat energy from the human body to monitor health. The device surpasses all other flexible harvesters that use body heat as their sole energy source, researchers say.
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Driving demand for remote monitoring and diagnostics in the healthcare industry are inflated healthcare costs as well as a rapidly aging population in the developing world.
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