WASHINGTON —With an aging global population comes a need for new sensor technologies that can help clinicians and caregivers remotely monitor a person’s health. New smart pants based on fiber optic ...

Researchers have developed actual "smarty pants" that can be used to monitor the movement of those wearing them to alert clinicians and caregivers to signs of distress or the need for medical ...

It’s always interesting to see how scientists and engineers have exploited—in the positive sense of the word—somewhat obscure, fundamental physics principles to create innovative sensors. For example, ...

Plastic optical fiber cables present growth opportunities in automotive, industrial, and smart infrastructure sectors due to ...

Not-for-profit power cooperative Great River Energy, which serves 1.7 million people across Minnesota and Wisconsin, has partnered with Prisma Photonics to roll out real-time monitoring technology ...

G&H (LON:GHH), a world leader in high-performance original equipment manufacturing, will exhibit its latest fiber optics portfolio during the 2025 Optical Fiber Communications Exhibition (OFC) held ...

An advancement in wearable technology, powered by Cornell researchers, transforms a simple shirt into a health and fitness tracker. Prof. Heeju Park, human centered design, and Jeyeon Jo grad created ...

Patients who remain in bed for long periods of time may develop pressure sores, which can in turn become potentially life-threatening chronic skin ulcers. A new sensor could help keep that from ...

New research describes a fiber optic smart pant that can monitor movement and health. The pants can be used to detect activities such as sitting, squatting, walking or kicking without inhibiting ...