by Victoria Milne | Oct 23, 2015 | Blog
Temporary tattoos – those slimy, peel off appropriations of anchors and Disney cartoon characters – were a highlight of many of our youths. Now, unlikely as it may sound, they could also be the next big thing in mHealth, thanks to a recent breakthrough at...
by Victoria Milne | Aug 26, 2015 | Blog
Elite sportsmen have pioneered the use of wearable technology since the idea was little more than glint in the eye of some Google product managers. In the English Premier League, for example, players wear monitors in training that check everything from fitness...
by Victoria Milne | Aug 20, 2015 | Blog
Having microchips implanted under our skin is a common future nightmare scenario, the stuff of J. G. Ballard novels and low-budget thrillers. For one company in Sweden, however, the implant has already become a fact of everyday life. And employees seem pretty happy...
by Victoria Milne | Aug 18, 2015 | Blog
Wearable technology is great, obviously, but until now it has lacked a certain bovine component. The University of Calgary – and in particular veterinary epidemiologist Karin Orsel – have obviously been thinking the same way:...
by Victoria Milne | Jun 23, 2015 | Blog
It’s not, perhaps, the world’s most pressing problem but it can be a pain nonetheless: there you are, watching a film on a plane when sleep overcomes you; when you wake up an hour later you have no idea where you were in the movie. Now a solution may be near:...