health sensors

Hong Kong Polytechnic University creates optical fibre sensors with health monitoring capabilities
By Adam Ang | 12:44 am | July 07, 2021
The biocompatible microsensors are extremely sensitive to small pressure changes inside the human body.
Google, Biogen will use wearable sensors to study multiple sclerosis
By Aditi Pai | 06:48 am | January 28, 2015
Biogen Idec used Fitbit bands in a previous study Biogen Idec has partnered with Google X, Google's business unit for long-term “moonshot” projects, to study outside factors that might contribute to the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a report from Bloomberg.
NIH's $10.8M grant for sensor-enabled congestive heart failure, smoking cessation tools
By Aditi Pai | 09:38 am | October 13, 2014
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded an $10.
Report: Microsoft to launch smartwatch with 11 sensors in October
By Aditi Pai | 07:13 am | July 02, 2014
Microsoft's rumored smartwatch is said to look like a thinner Nike+ FuelBand Microsoft plans to release its own smartwatch with 11 sensors as soon as October, according to tech news site Tom's Hardware.