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Researchers develop a device that helps amputees feel artificial limbs
An international team of researchers led by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich recently unveiled a device that will enable those with above-the-knee amputations to “feel” a prosthetic leg.
5 cybersecurity resources for small manufacturers
Attacks can affect production and compromise data integrity. NIST estimates that the median cost of a data breach is around $60,000, a potentially significant sum for small manufacturers in competitive markets.
Antibiotics are not the only factor in the spread of resistance
Upon awakening, persistent bacteria are quite efficient at sharing their resistance genes with other bacteria that are susceptible to gene transfer.
Surgeon performs cardiovascular procedures on patients 20 miles away
A surgeon in India has conducted what is being touted as the first ever long-distance heart surgery on patients in an operating room roughly 20 miles away.
Hyundai develops a robotic exoskeleton for factory workers
A wearable robot vest has been developed by Hyundai Motor Group to assist factory workers who spend a significant amount of time working in overhead settings.
Engineers create robotic thread designed to travel through brain vessels
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a thread-like, magnetically steerable robot that is capable of navigating through narrow, winding environments like the brain.
Researchers develop pen-like device for improving cancer surgery outcomes
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a pen-like device to help surgeons distinguish between where a tumor begins and where it ends — a possible marker of a successful cancer surgery.
Purdue awarded $10 million to address global food safety
The USAID awarded Purdue $10 million for the creation of the first-ever Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety.
Wooden chips shrink medical device environmental footprint
Wood has been demonstrated as an alternative to plastic for one single-use medical device application: microfluidic diagnostics.
Plasmonic microneedle patch promises painless diagnostics
What differentiates this device from previous microneedle designs is the use of surface-enhanced Raman scattering for on-patch biomarker analysis.
Prosthetics produced from plastic water bottles
Researchers are applying recycling technology to the resolution of two modern problems: The abundance of abandoned plastic water bottles and the provision of affordable prosthetics for patients in developing areas.
Chemotherapeutic messages in nanoscale bottles
Tiny silica bottles could be used to deliver chemotherapy drugs to targeted areas of the body.
Researchers develop robotic exosuit that assists the wearer with both running and walking
Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the University of Nebraska Omaha have created a portable exosuit to assist those with impaired mobility with walking and running.
Watch how smartphone selfies can measure blood pressure
The contactless diagnostic method is a smartphone-based technology called transdermal optical imaging.
Researchers claim to 4D print the smallest stent ever
Devices narrower than 100 micrometers in diameter can be produced, which is 40 times smaller than stents manufactured to date.
Wearable, robotic neck brace for ALS patients
The brace reportedly restores approximately 70% of the human head’s active range of motion.
Video: A FRESH approach to 3D bioprinting heart tissue
A technique pioneered at Carnegie Mellon University enables 3D bioprinting of tissue scaffolds based on collagen and offers scope for fabricating a full-sized, adult human heart.
A student guide to engineering internships
It is essential that engineering students, before graduating, accrue real-life, problem-solving experience before entering and competing on the engineering job market.
Study: Workers would prefer to lose their job to a robot instead of to another human
Researchers from the Technical University of Munich and Erasmus University Rotterdam are suggesting in a series of new studies that employees would prefer losing their jobs to robots rather than being replaced by other human employees.
Ultrasound-triboelectric combo powers medical implants
A triboelectric generator converts externally applied ultrasound into an internal electricity source capable of recharging an implant's battery.