Sensordrone – iOS and Android Weather and Exposure Sensors

Posted on July 3, 2016 by

Sensordrone is the World's First Practical Environmental Tricorder! With Just One Sensordrone, You'll Have a: Real Tricorder Temperature Sensor Wireless sensor Light sensor Gas sensor & gas detector Carbon Monoxide sensor & CO detector Humidity sensor color sensor Bluetooth sensor Networked Sensor Environmental sensor Infrared temperature sensor (IR temperature sensor) Personal weather station Alcohol sensor (for fun and professional BAC monitoring) New Sensor Apps to run on your smar...

Roost Smart Water and Freeze Detector

Posted on July 2, 2016 by

Roost Smart Water and Freeze Detector is a slim disc-shaped device that slips under sinks, near water heaters, in the cellar, under the fish tank and practically anywhere in the house there’s plumbing to alert you if there’s trouble brewing. On a basic level, the detector will help you keep an eye on the state of your home’s plumbing. At its very best? This discreet little detector could save you having to fork out on costly repairs. Whether it’s a pipe about to freeze, a drip from your to...

Deeper Smart Fishfinder

Posted on June 27, 2016 by

Deeper Smart Fishfinder 3.0 is a wireless, castable echo sounder. It can be cast to any spot on the water. The device floats on the surface and transmits detailed bottom and water column information straight to the screen of your smartphone or tablet. It captures depth, bottom structure, temperature, vegetation, fish location, and other valuable data points that are essential for productive fishing. Bluetooth connection secures the distance between the device and its user up to 130 feet / 40 met...

ICEdot Crash Sensor For Helmets

Posted on June 27, 2016 by

ICEdot Crash Sensor detects life-threatening impacts and sends an emergency message through your smartphone to someone who can get you medical help. When an incident happens, the ICEdot sends a Bluetooth signal to an app on your smartphone. An alarm will sound on the phone, giving you a chance to stop the distress signal from going out if you're ok. If you don't stop the app, it sends an SMS text message to your pre-specified emergency contacts with your GPS coordinates. COMPLETE SET: The IC...

Smart Pen

Posted on June 26, 2016 by

OTM Technologies has produced Phree, a digital pen that allows users to write on any surface, sending the data to a paired computer or mobile device. The pen is compatible with a variety of software programs such as EverNote, Microsoft Office, OneNotes, Acrobat, Google Handwriting Keyboard, Viber, and others. The pen is equipped with a laser at its tip, which reads the user's writing and sends the data via Bluetooth pairing to a linked device. Its sophisticated optical tracking engine results...

Delsey’s New Pluggage Connected Bag

Posted on June 26, 2016 by

French luggage manufacturer Delsey has revealed a prototype connected smart bag. Known as Pluggage, the bag links to a companion app. New developments in IoT have revolutionized mobility and created new and exciting products. For travelers, these changes result in more ways to be assisted on their journeys, to be informed in real time about their modes of transportation, and to access new services to simplify their travel and ensure peace of mind. Responding to the inherent requirements of...

SmallTech’s Nano BioSensor And Other Healthcare Products

Posted on June 26, 2016 by

Biosensors are analytical devices that utilise biological responses to create electrical signals and ultimately an analysis of a substance. Biological systems such as antibodies or enzymes are attached to carbon nanotubes or nanowires that act as transistors. When a protein binds, it interacts with the electrons traveling through the nanotube or nanowire, altering its conductivity. This principle can used to detect biological molecules or viruses in the air, water or blood. The nanowires or n...

NASA’s Nanotechnology-Based Biosensor Helps Detect Biohazards

Posted on June 26, 2016 by

NASA has developed a revolutionary nanotechnology-based biosensor that can detect trace amounts of specific bacteria, viruses and parasites. This biosensor will be used to help prevent the spread of potentially deadly biohazards in water, food and other contaminated sources. NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field in California licensed the biosensor technology to Early Warning Inc., Troy, N.Y. Under a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement, NASA and Early Warning jointly will develop biosenso...

Profusa Debuts Tissue-integrated Sensors for Long-term Continuous Monitoring of Body Chemistry

Posted on June 25, 2016 by

Injectable biosensors that become one with the body’s tissue may one day replace the clinical lab for making our body chemistry continuously accessible for improved personal wellbeing in health and disease. Promising a new era in digital health, Profusa, Inc., based in South San Francisco, Calif., today debuted its injectable Lumee™ biosensor technology at the Pioneers Festival held at the grand Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna, Austria. Ben Hwang, Ph.D., Profusa’s chairman and chief execu...

Robot dog by Google’s Boston Dynamics that can do home chores

Posted on June 25, 2016 by

SpotMini is a new smaller version of the Spot robot, weighing 55 lbs dripping wet (65 lbs if you include its arm.) SpotMini is all-electric (no hydraulics) and runs for about 90 minutes on a charge, depending on what it is doing. SpotMini is one of the quietest robots we have ever built. It has a variety of sensors, including depth cameras, a solid state gyro (IMU) and proprioception sensors in the limbs. These sensors help with navigation and mobile manipulation. SpotMini performs some tasks au...

Philips proprietary camera based monitoring technology measures absolute arterial blood oxygenation (SpO2) levels without ever touching the patient

Posted on June 24, 2016June 24, 2016 by

Absolute oxygen saturation of arterial blood (SpO2), a vital sign that is commonly monitored in hospitalized and other patients, can be accurately measured across multiple patients using contactless technology. The study, published in the June issue of the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia, used Philips proprietary camera-based monitoring technology to measure the light reflected off the foreheads of 41 healthy adults to calculate SpO2. Through the results of this study, Philips, a global leade...

NASA’s Inexpensive Cooling Systems for Electronic Devices

Posted on June 22, 2016June 22, 2016 by

NASA - Technology Opportunity: Nanotube-Based Device Cooling System Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are being studied for applications in high strength/low weight composites and other applications. Recent research on thermal dissipation materials for high power electronic devices is generating a lot of interest in various industries. NASA has developed a method for cooling a device, such as an electronic device, that produces extreme heat that must be dissipated. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted ...

‘EyeForcer’ glasses monitor wearer’s posture and alerts when slouching

Posted on June 22, 2016 by

The EyeForcer is a medical tech wearable for kids who use smartphones and tablets. It monitors posture to prevent Gameboy Disease. It helps to stop slouching over their smartphones and tablets every day. Posture is one of the fundamental things when it comes to muscle activity and fatigue. However, a minute strain can lead to very serious problems. And, for sports professionals and athletes, even a minute injury can lead to serious consequences. One of the major reason which leads to posture ...

‘Breathe Up’ – air quality monitoring and physical activity tracking device.

Posted on June 22, 2016 by

Breathe Up is a unique solution that combines advanced air quality monitoring technology and physical activity tracking. Based on your location, Breathe Up application will connect you to the most relevant sensor in your area and provide you with real time information on current air quality. The impact of air quality also depends on your individual profile and your activity. A young child, an elderly person, an athlete or a person with asthma will not be impacted in the same proportions when ...

FDA clears military traumatic wound dressing for use in the civilian population

Posted on June 18, 2016 by

U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the use of the XSTAT 30 wound dressing, an expandable, multi-sponge dressing used to control severe, life-threatening bleeding from wounds in areas that a tourniquet cannot be placed (such as the groin or armpit) in battlefield and civilian trauma settings. The clearance expands the device’s indication from use by the military only to use in adults and adolescents in the general population. Early control of severe bleeding may prevent shock and may be l...

DNA Sequencing On SmartPhone

Posted on June 18, 2016 by

Oxford Nanopore Technologies has created a device that uses nanotechnology to put a complete lab on a single printed circuit board. It also can strip away single strands of DNA, which greatly reduces the preparation required for test samples. They have created the MinION device that connects to a laptop using a USB cable to produce immediate results. This amazing device fits in your hand, and is already commercially available. The big news, however, is that they have shrunk the technology even f...

Friendly Robot Walker -high-tech mobility aid

Posted on June 18, 2016 by

A team of European researchers, supported by the European Commission and Siemens, is developing a smart walker that will bring sensor and tablet technology to bear helping improve mobility in older adults. The "FriWalk" (short for Friendly Robot Walker) includes cameras and sensors for detailed gait analysis, a heart rate sensor, and a tablet interface that can provide activity coaching. FriWalk is a high-tech mobility aid that contains depth sensors and cameras to help support the user and m...

‘Leaf’ Healthcare Ulcer Sensor

Posted on June 17, 2016 by

Ulcer is something that affects everyone just about as they get older. Scientists believe that inactivity and constant sitting can also be one of the reasons of causing ulcers. The Leaf Healthcare Sensor is designed to alert a person when it is time to turn and do some moving in order to combat no moving around. The tri-axial accelerometer that is in the sensor can monitor the position that a person is in and then help assist them in proper ways to turn. It even works with optimizing tissue pres...

‘Intelligent Knife’ Uses Desorption Electrospray Ionization and Rapid Evaporative Ionization MS for the rapid profiling of pathogens in human biofluid or tissue matrices

Posted on June 17, 2016 by

Scientists have developed an "intelligent knife" that can tell surgeons immediately whether the tissue they are cutting is cancerous or not. In the first study to test the invention in the operating theatre, the “iKnife” diagnosed tissue samples from 91 patients with 100 per cent accuracy, instantly providing information that normally takes up to half an hour to reveal using laboratory tests. The findings, by researchers at Imperial College London, are published today in the journal Scienc...

LifeVest wearable defibrillator

Posted on June 12, 2016 by

LifeVest wearable defibrillator is worn by patients at risk for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), providing protection during their changing condition and while permanent SCA risk has not been established. The LifeVest allows a patient’s physician time to assess their long-term arrhythmic risk and make appropriate plans. The LifeVest is lightweight and easy to wear, allowing patients to return to their common activities of daily living, while having the peace of mind that they are protected from SCA....

iSwimband is the first portable and personal drowning detection system for parents and caregivers.

Posted on June 10, 2016June 10, 2016 by

Swimband is a personal water safety system that is designed to prevent accidental drowning for toddlers. iSwimband is a Bluetooth device that connects to a smart phone or tablet to alert parents if a swimmer has been underwater for a long period, or a non-swimmer has entered the water. Swimband is the world's first wearable wireless sensor designed to notify you immediately with audible/visual alerts on your smartphone, tablet and linked speakers if a swimmer has been submerged dan...

Abbott glucose monitor eliminates finger sticks

Posted on June 10, 2016 by

Blood glucose monitoring technology has evolved since the test strip. Now there are electrochemical sensors being developed that employ a two or three electrode system and are convenient to use. (Vashist, Zheng, Al-Rubeaan, Luong, & Sheu, 2011). The Abbott company has been a pioneer in diabetes monitoring systems. They are starting to roll out a new glucose monitoring system in select markets and should be worldwide in the near future. The FreeStyle® Libre Pro Flash Glucose Monitoring...

Engineers at UC Berkeley are developing a new ‘Smart bandage’

Posted on June 6, 2016 by

Engineers at UC Berkeley are developing a new type of bandage that does far more than stanch the bleeding from a paper cut or scraped knee. Associate professor Michel Maharbiz explains how the smart bandage works to detect bedsores. (UC Berkeley video by Roxanne Makasdjian and Phil Ebiner) Thanks to advances in flexible electronics, the researchers, in collaboration with colleagues at UC San Francisco, have created a new “smart bandage” that uses electrical currents to detect early tissue dama...

Smartphone Based Blood Pressure Monitoring

Posted on June 6, 2016 by

Xiaomi Technology in collaboration with the American company iHealth Labs have developed smart phone blood pressure monitoring device.. The device looks a little different from the classic tonometer: the appropriate size cuff is connected to the docking The device looks a little different from the classic tonometer: the appropriate size cuff is connected to the docking stanitsa, which is connected to the smartphone with preloaded software platform. The application retrieves the data and outpu...

CUR a wearable patch that delivers high frequency impulses to block pain signals directy

Posted on June 5, 2016June 5, 2016 by

Thimble Bioelectronics, a California-based company that focuses on developing digital pain management products, announced on this week that it is working on a wearable pain relief patch. Similar in look, size and shape to an ordinary band-aid; the product is based on Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), a type of therapy that uses low-voltage electrical current for pain relief. Just place it where it hurts. The optimal waveform, amplitude, and modulation pattern settings are au...

Wearable device that can be used to monitor patient conditions around the clock

Posted on May 23, 2016 by

Scientists at Northwestern University and University of Illinois have collaborated on creating a wearable device that can be used to monitor patient conditions around the clock. The thin, flexible patch moves with the person’s skin, and so should be unobtrusive to wear. The patch requires no electricity; a matrix of 60 by 60 liquid crystals provides 3,600 points of measurement. A new wearable medical device can quickly alert a person if they are having cardiovascular trouble or if it’s simply...

Spectroscopic system with chip-scale lasers cuts explosive detection time from minutes to microseconds.

Posted on May 21, 2016 by

Speedy terahertz-based system could detect explosives Spectroscopic system with chip-scale lasers cuts detection time from minutes to microseconds. Terahertz spectroscopy, which uses the band of electromagnetic radiation between microwaves and infrared light, is a promising security technology because it can extract the spectroscopic “fingerprints” of a wide range of materials, including chemicals used in explosives. But traditional ...

MIT – Ingestible origami robot

Posted on May 21, 2016 by

Robot unfolds from ingestible capsule, removes button battery stuck to wall of simulated stomach In experiments involving a simulation of the human esophagus and stomach, researchers at MIT, the University of Sheffield, and the Tokyo Institute of Technology have demonstrated a tiny origami robot that can unfold itself from a swallowed capsule and, steered by external magnetic fields, crawl across the stomach wall to remove a swallowed button battery or patch a wound. The new work, which the ...

MEMS sensors

Posted on May 19, 2016 by

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS, also written as micro-electro-mechanical, MicroElectroMechanical or microelectronic and microelectromechanical systems and the related micromechatronics) is the technology of very small devices; it merges at the nano-scale into nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) and nanotechnology. MEMS are also referred to as micromachines in Japan, or micro systems technology (MST) in Europe. The AKU151 and AKU350 ultra high performance MEMS microphones from Akustica ...

Blynk – is a new platform that allows you to quickly build interfaces for controlling and monitoring your hardware projects from your iOS and Android device.

Posted on May 18, 2016 by

Blynk is a Platform with iOS and Android apps to control Arduino, Raspberry Pi and the likes over the Internet. It's a digital dashboard where you can build a graphic interface for your project by simply dragging and dropping widgets. It's really simple to set everything up and you'll start tinkering in less than 5 mins. Blynk is not tied to some specific board or shield. Instead, it's supporting hardware of your choice. Whether your Arduino or Raspberry Pi is linked to the Internet ove...