The U.S. Department of Defense is making investments in wearable technology that has the potential to quickly predict the occurrence of different diseases. Working in collaboration with the private sector, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has already created a wearable device that proved highly effective in identifying COVID-19 infections during the pandemic. But they did not stop at this...
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Wearable technology measures mental activity through the skin
by NYU Tandon School of Engineering Wearable devices that collect electrodermal activity (like the research devices above) can be used to accurately (and almost instantaneously) infer important data about the wearer’s mental state. Credit: NYU Tandon School of Engineering Researchers at NYU Tandon have reached a key milestone in their quest to develop wearable technology that manages...
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Wearable technology can help in at-home assessment of myoclonic jerks
by University of Eastern Finland Measurement-based index describing variation in the myoclonus symptom during at-home measurement. The black colour describes measurements from the finger extensor muscle and the turquoise colour measurements from the bicep muscle. Credit: Saara Rissanen A new study by the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital shows that wearable sensor technology...