Electronics

Electronics | Patient Monitoring

Wearable Sensors Detect What's in Your Sweat

New easy-to-make sensors can provide real-time measurements of sweat rate and electrolytes and metabolites in perspiration.

University of California - Berkeley 08.19.19

Electronics | Neurological | Patient Monitoring | Software & IT

Smartphone Test Predicts Development of Parkinson's Symptoms

A simple test carried out on a smartphone can help to predict future change in people in the early stages of Parkinson’s.

University of Oxford 08.12.19

Cardiovascular | Electronics | Patient Monitoring

Wearable Motion Sensors Could Save Unborn Babies

Stevens team repurposes smartphone-style motion sensors to reduce stillbirths.

Stevens Institute of Technology 08.08.19

Electronics | Surgical

Tiny Biodegradable Circuit Releases Painkillers Inside the Body

The biodegradable implant would release a local anesthetic on-demand over several days.

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne 08.08.19

Electronics | Neurological | Software & IT | Surgical

Scientists Manipulate Brain Cells Using Smartphone

Soft neural implant is capable of delivering multiple drugs and color lights; could speed up efforts to uncover brain diseases.

University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine 08.06.19

Electronics

Precision Drive Systems

At maxon, we develop and build high precision electric drive systems that are among the best in the world.

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Cardiovascular | Electronics | Patient Monitoring

Soft Wearable Health Monitor Uses Stretchable Electronics

The soft and conformable monitor can broadcast ECG, heart/respiratory rate, and motion activity data as much as 15 meters to a portable recording device.

Videos John Toon, Georgia Tech

Diagnostics | Electronics

Smartphone Scanner Counts Real Biological Viruses

This virus scanner doesn’t search for the latest malware; it scans biological samples for real viruses.

University of Tokyo 07.30.19

Electronics

Shockproof Power Supplies for Today’s Medical Devices

Advancing energy to minimize leakage current and maximize patient safety.

Online Exclusives Shane Callanan, Director of Engineering Technology, Advanced Energy Industries Inc. 07.29.19

3D/Additive Manufacturing | Diagnostics | Electronics

3D Printed Pill Samples Gut Microbiome

The pill is the first known working device capable of noninvasively & accurately assessing the profile of bacterial species inhabiting any stage of the GI tract

Tufts University 07.25.19

Electronics

Hydration Sensor Could Improve Dialysis

Noninvasive device could benefit patients with kidney disease, congestive heart failure, or dehydration.

Videos Anne Trafton, MIT News Office

Electronics

Artificial Throat Could Someday Help Mute People 'Speak'

When attached to the neck like a temporary tattoo, wearable artificial throat can transform throat movements into sounds.

American Chemical Society 07.25.19

Diagnostics | Electronics

Reducing Medical MRI Equipment's Size & Weight by More Than Half

Technology can create a superconducting electromagnet, the key component of MRI, by safely and strongly using an insulation-conduction transforming substance.

National Research Council of Science & Technology 07.22.19

Electronics | Software & IT