With biosensing analog front end (AFE) ICs available from several major suppliers, researchers have a variety of options to investigate more sophisticated health measurement and monitoring techniques for healthcare professionals as well as users. Some of the applications currently under active investigation include identifying acute tissue injury and skeletal muscle fatigue, assessing neuromuscular disorders, tracking […]
What metrics can bioelectrical impedance analysis provide?
Healthcare and fitness are increasingly important to many people. The ease of making measurements or showing improvement metrics and the amount of data that can be provided by a minimal, non-invasive process makes the ongoing effort sustainable. Bioelectrical impedance (or bioimpedance) analysis (BIA) provides users with a technique that is easily integrated into smart watches […]
How are wearable systems improving?
At the Wear 2022 Conference in Scottsdale, AZ, presenters from several companies described wearable products that used textile-based sensors. The end products included socks, boots, pants, shirts, leggings, wristbands, headbands and more. Textile-based sensing capabilities range from temperature and pressure to biosensors and more. Primary wearable end markets include healthcare and fitness/training. “We design 100% […]
How can you easily evaluate a MEMS microphone ?
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology is used for many sensing applications including microphones. The MEMS microphone provides a design alternative to Electret Condenser Microphones (ECMs) for many consumer electronic and mobile products. With this goal in mind, Infineon Technologies silicon microphones have been designed to extend the benefits of lowest possible self-noise (high SNR) and lowest […]
How can wearable sensors help diabetics?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 30 million people in the United States (> 9%) have been diagnosed with diabetes. Globally, over 422 million people suffer from diabetes, according to the World Health Organization. In many countries, including the USA, diabetes is considered an emergency of epidemic proportions with diabetic foot […]
Want to develop a wearable product?
If so, the Sensoria Developer Kit (SDK) could be the answer. Recognizing that there are so may scenarios for improving healthcare through wearables and remote monitoring, that they cannot serve them all by themselves, Sensoria Health offers the SDK as a way to partner with those interested in a new approach. Having the vision that […]
What are the sensor challenges in wearables?
In his introductory keynote address at Wear Conference 2022, Pankaj Kedia, Sr. Director & GM of the Smart Wearables Segment of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., noted that hyper segmentation is occurring in the wearables market segment. While the needs of healthy people seeking to improve their health versus patients who need to carefully monitor their health […]
How can you protect wearable sensor IP?
At the Wear 2022 Conference, Jerrah Edwards, the Acting Assistant Regional Director of the Western Regional United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) presented “Intellectual property (IP) Strategies Wearable Technology Startups Should Consider.” While focusing specifically on wearables, the strategies apply to any technology or sensing area. Her discussion Included an overview of intellectual property […]
How can low-cost sensors help address climate change?
According to the recent IDTechEx report “Printed and Flexible Sensors 2022-2032: Technologies, Players, Markets,” low cost printed/flexible sensor technologies could play a significant role in adapting to climate change [1]. Adapting could take various forms, from changing the areas in which specific crops are grown to building flood defense systems and even relocating cities in […]
Can 60 GHz radar sensing change healthcare monitoring?
According to a 2019 article in Nature,blood pressure (BP) abnormalities, such as hypotension and hypertension, are important risk factors for many short- and long-term critical illnesses, with a global disease impact on about 1.25 billion people [1]. In addition to the high number of people with blood pressure issues, sleep apnea is a rapidly increasing […]