wearable technology | designboom.com https://www.designboom.com/tag/wearable-technology/ designboom magazine | your first source for architecture, design & art news Thu, 03 Aug 2023 11:19:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 MIT’s wearable ultrasound device could detect breast cancer at early stages https://www.designboom.com/technology/mit-wearable-ultrasound-scanner-detect-breast-cancer-tumor-early-stages-08-01-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/mit-wearable-ultrasound-scanner-detect-breast-cancer-tumor-early-stages-08-01-2023/#respond Tue, 01 Aug 2023 17:30:31 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1008204

using an attachable patch to the bra, the wearable ultrasound scanner developed by MIT researchers takes images of the breast tissue in various angles.

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‘humane AI pin’ works as wearable smartphone that projects calls, apps, and more on hands https://www.designboom.com/technology/humane-ai-pin-wearable-smartphone-project-apps-calls-hands-07-03-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/humane-ai-pin-wearable-smartphone-project-apps-calls-hands-07-03-2023/#respond Mon, 03 Jul 2023 18:35:34 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1002571

humane AI pin is a wearable projector that flashes apps and calls on hands or surfaces, functioning as a non-physical smartphone.

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made of rubber, futto is a wearable support gear that helps users walk and improves posture https://www.designboom.com/technology/futto-rubber-skeletal-muscle-support-gear-06-26-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/futto-rubber-skeletal-muscle-support-gear-06-26-2023/#respond Mon, 26 Jun 2023 10:52:27 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1000893

patients suffering from sports injuries can especially benefit from that gear.

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elon musk’s neuralink receives FDA approval to implant & test brain-reading device in people https://www.designboom.com/technology/elon-musk-neuralink-fda-approval-implant-test-people-05-29-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/elon-musk-neuralink-fda-approval-implant-test-people-05-29-2023/#respond Mon, 29 May 2023 10:10:09 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=994642

the device implant can allow people to control their electronics using their mind and is set to have its first human clinical study years after it was unveiled.

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wearable robot arms that move like spider legs prepare human interaction with cyborgs https://www.designboom.com/technology/wearable-robot-limbs-jizai-arms-cyborgs-05-18-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/wearable-robot-limbs-jizai-arms-cyborgs-05-18-2023/#respond Wed, 17 May 2023 22:15:44 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=992244

the robotic limbs of ‘jizai arms’ attempt to follow the arm and hand movement of the wearer as human motion triggers their system.

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meet mouthpad^, a mouthpiece with trackpad that fully controls devices using tongue https://www.designboom.com/technology/mouthpad-mouthpiece-trackpad-control-devices-tongue-augmental-mit-04-19-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/mouthpad-mouthpiece-trackpad-control-devices-tongue-augmental-mit-04-19-2023/#respond Wed, 19 Apr 2023 10:55:57 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=984437

MIT media lab spinoff augmental has launched mouthpad^ to aid individuals with hand impairments and hand-centered manual jobs.

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sophie de oliveira barata reimagines artificial limbs as wearable art pieces https://www.designboom.com/art/sophie-de-oliveira-barata-the-alternative-limb-project-wearable-art-pieces-01-30-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/art/sophie-de-oliveira-barata-the-alternative-limb-project-wearable-art-pieces-01-30-2023/#respond Mon, 30 Jan 2023 20:30:40 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=961994

meshing technology and science with art, barata's work explores transhumanism while celebrating body diversity.

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embedded with 1,200 tiny solar cells, this e-textile turns clothing into power sources https://www.designboom.com/technology/e-textile-composed-of-1200-photovoltaic-cells-nottingham-trent-university-12-12-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/e-textile-composed-of-1200-photovoltaic-cells-nottingham-trent-university-12-12-2022/#respond Mon, 12 Dec 2022 10:30:13 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=951540

'until now very few people would have considered that their clothing or textiles products could be used for generating electricity,' says dr hughes-riley

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this finger tape device helps the visually impaired correct braille misprints https://www.designboom.com/design/finger-tape-device-braille-correct-braille-typos-misprints-07-21-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/design/finger-tape-device-braille-correct-braille-typos-misprints-07-21-2022/#respond Thu, 21 Jul 2022 10:50:50 +0000 myrto katsikopoulou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=916746

just as correction fluid fixes tiny typos, this hand-worn device can fix small mistakes by taping over the false Braille writing.

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biomedical engineers create tiny, edible QR code that detects fake whiskey https://www.designboom.com/technology/tiny-qr-code-on-edible-silk-tag-anti-counterfeit-technology-07-20-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/tiny-qr-code-on-edible-silk-tag-anti-counterfeit-technology-07-20-2022/#respond Wed, 20 Jul 2022 04:15:33 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=916210

printed on a silk tag, the technology is showing promising results and may even be used to tackle counterfeit medication.

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