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Retinal Vein Surgery by Robot
Researchers turned to robotics technology developed a device that enables needle insertion into the veins in a precise, stable way.
Detecting Arthritis with Aerospace Technology
The subsonic sound of cracking in people’s joints might be tracked by a skin patch based on airplane acoustic emission sensors.
OSHA Finalizes Beryllium Exposure Rule
The new rule revises previous beryllium permissible exposure limits, which were based on decades-old studies.
Soft Robot Wraps Failing Hearts
A soft robotic sleeve twists and compresses in synch with a beating heart, augmenting cardiovascular functions weakened by heart failure.
Skin Patch for Smarter Insulin Delivery
A microneedle-array patch monitors and automatically responds to blood glucose levels.
Open-Source Biosignal Acquisition Device
The Bluetooth data acquisition device has a special focus on bio-signals such as ECG, EMG, and EEG.
Wearable Sensors That Measure Dehydration
The device is lightweight, flexible, and stretchable and has already been incorporated into prototype devices that can be worn on the wrist or as a chest patch.
Scientists Aim to Make Tomatoes Taste Good Again
Researchers wanted to identify why modern tomato varieties are deficient in flavor chemicals. They determined that it’s because they have lost the more desirable alleles of a number of genes.
Treating Water with Engineered Floating Wetlands
Engineered floating wetlands can treat water and provide refuge for fish, birds, and insects.
Modular Valve Simplifies Diagnostic Chip Fabrication
Rapid and cheap on-the-spot diagnoses for diseases such as tuberculosis and cancer are a step closer thanks to a new modular valve for microfluidic chips.
Smart Glasses That Focus on What You Are Looking At
When the wearer looks at an object, a meter measures the distance and tells the actuators how to curve the lenses. The lenses can change focus in 14 milliseconds.
Implant Material Repels Blood
A titanium surface that’s extremely repellent to blood could form the basis for surgical implants which reduce the risk of rejection by the body.
Coreless Power Conversion for High Magnetic Field Applications
Powerbox released a coreless technology platform to power medical and industrial equipment operating in very high magnetic field environments.
Coating Enables Fabric to Mimic Muscle Movement
The technology may offer opportunities to design "textile muscles" that could be incorporated into clothes, making it easier for people with disabilities to move.
Pacemakers Powered By the Sun?
Research provides data on the potential of powering medical implants with solar cells.
Underwater Robots That Mimic Ocean Life
The instruments are equipped with temperature and other sensors to measure the surrounding ocean conditions while the robots "swim" up and down to maintain a constant depth by adjusting their buoyancy.
Liquid Crystal Design for Portable Chemical Sensors
Using computational modeling and lab experiments, researchers developed a framework for creating inexpensive liquid-crystal-based chemical sensors.
Everyday Use of Legal Metrology Standards
When you go to the grocery store and buy a pound of flour or a liter of soda, how do you know you are getting exactly one pound or one liter?
Augmented Reality Streamlines Spine Surgery
A3D augmented-reality view of the patient’s external and internal anatomy improves procedure planning, surgical tool navigation, and implant accuracy.
Your Heartbeat as Your Password
Researchers encrypted patient data using a person's unique electrocardiograph as the key to lock and unlock the files.