Tag Archives: biosensor

A heart monitor planted in an artery

News: Body Implants    June 2, 2010
The idea of implanting electronics in the human body has its disturbing side, but if anybody had any question what will drive the use of body implants – medical uses – then here’s a confirming story. As reported on ABC World News (May 31, 2010), a device called the EndoSure Wireless AAA Pressure Management System, [...]
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Oh please, “skinput”

News: Computer Power    March 3, 2010
Research work from a collaboration between Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University (USA) has resulted in an armband that can sense taps on human skin (the arm in this case) and uses sound vibration detection (an acoustic biosensor) to determine the location for a kind of crude ‘button’ or ‘keyboard’ arrangement. It also uses a picoprojector [...]
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