HEADLINES ARCHIVE
Researchers Develop a Wireless, Dissolvable Brain Sensor
The motivation was to engineer an implantable sensor that could monitor intracranial pressure and temperature in patients with traumatic brain injury.
Robotic Legs Support New Hope
An innovative exoskeleton is available for veterans and soon may help still more people regain the ability to walk.
Electronic Glasses That Treat “Lazy Eye”
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of electronic glasses that combine both vision correction and occlusion therapy in one device.
AMA Launches Technology Innovation Company, Health2047
Health2047 is a multidisciplinary effort in which physicians will collaborate with engineers, applied researchers, technology providers and venture capitalists to research and develop products.
Tasting Device Monitors Sodium Intake in Hypertension Patients
The technology measures the concentration of sodium ions being consumed and transmits the data to a smartphone or other monitoring system.
Child's Nose Restored with 3D Implant
The patient will not have to deal with standard issues of transplantation, such as tissue rejection or a lifetime of immunosuppressive therapies.
Demonstrating Graphene's Fitness for Wireless Wearable Devices
Researchers attached graphene-enabled antennas to a mannequin’s arms and found the devices could "talk" to each other.
Labor Department Offers Engineering Jobs Outlook
By 2024, the number of biomedical engineering jobs could grow 23% from 22,100 to 27,200. Environmental engineering positions may increase 12% from 55,100 to 61,900.
Freeze-Casting Fabricates Advanced Porous Materials
Applications for materials made with this technique may include medical implants such as bone/orthopedic implants.
Video Pill Uses Fluorescent Light for Better Imaging
Video pills have relied on illuminating patients’ innards using a light source, restricting clinicians to conclusions based on what they can see in the spectrum of visible light.
Magnetic Nanoparticle Chains Could Aid Soft Robot Control
The ability to control the motion of soft robots, coupled with their flexibility, gives them potential applications ranging from biomedical technologies to manufacturing processes.
Swimming Devices Could Deliver Drugs Inside the Body
Researchers gave the devices a catalytic coating on one side, which created a chemical reaction when fuel molecules were added and caused the device to move on a pre-determined route.
Stretchable Sensor Made from Chewing Gum, Carbon Nanotubes
To make their sensor suppler, a team member chewed a piece of gum, washed it with ethanol and let it sit overnight.
Robotic Hand Controlled by Muscle Vibrations
Prototype sensor system detects mechanical signals from vibrations produced by muscle fibers that move when muscles flex.
Engineers Build Biologically Powered Chip
While other groups have harvested energy from living systems, Shepard and his team are exploring how to do this at the molecular level.
Pneumatic Suit Operates Without Electronics, Tanks
The suit uses a pneumatic gel muscle as an actuator in a lightweight design intended to assist people of varying mobility.
Hydrogel Bandage Senses Temperature, Delivers Medicine
The hydrogel is a rubbery material designed to bond to surfaces such as gold, titanium, aluminum, silicon, glass and ceramic.
Carbon Emissions Could Drop in 2015, Researchers Say
Decreased coal use in China was largely responsible for the decline in global CO2 emissions.
Wheelchair "Hacked" to Be Operable by Eye Movements for $100
ALS sufferer developed Eyedrivomatic to overcome reliance on others to move him in his wheelchair as he loses the ability to control its joystick.
Copper Used to Produce Low-Cost Graphene
Researchers created high-quality graphene across the surface of copper foils of the type often used in lithium-ion batteries.