tech for life

The EPFL spin-off Gait Up just put an extremely thin motion sensor on the market. It can detect the risk of a fall in an older person and is equally useful for sports and physical therapy.   Falls are a…

Smart’ holograms, which are currently being tested to monitor diabetes, and could be used to monitor a wide range of medical and environmental conditions in future, have been developed by researchers. learn more in medical design technology  Holographic Diagnostics by…

Working from home — and making a decent living doing it — demands discipline, focus and follow-through. Decking your workspace out with some of the latest, greatest office tech doesn’t hurt either. Having the right gear just might boost your…

The Argus II retinal implant is like a cochlear implant for the blind. It looks like computing goggles such as Google Glass, but it sends the images the eyeglass-mounted visual processing unit detects to a tiny electrode array that’s been…

An international team of scientists has made a breakthrough in the magnetic manipulation of nanoparticles that could lead to a big boost for small scale digital storage in portable devices.   The research, led by scientists from the Universitat Autònoma…