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Briefs: Medical
The stent delivers regenerative stem cell-derived therapy to blood-starved tissue.
Podcasts: Design
Human factors engineering helps prevent errors and contributes to the successful use of the device.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
An ultra-small actuator has nanometer-scale precision.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The tool shows promise for imaging brain activity in 3D with high speed and contrast.
Technology & Society: Medical
Prosthetic technology has seen incredible advancements over the past three decades, but the socket, one of the device’s most important parts, has remained relatively unchanged.
Technology & Society: Medical
This is a new process for the 3D printing of complete one-piece structurally sound prosthetic limbs.
Briefs: Software
The software can be integrated with existing hardware to aid people using robotic prosthetics or exoskeletons.
Briefs: Materials
The coating is customizable to individuals and requires less than 10 minutes to prepare and use.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Cancer immunotherapy, one of the most important and promising therapies for cancer treatments, is being used by oncologists to treat patients suffering from many different cancers including breast, cervical, colon, stomach, and skin.
Special Reports: Design
Medical Robotics - April 2022
Novel biosensors set to revolutionize brain-controlled robotics...micro-robots propelled by air bubbles...a smart artificial hand...major advances in exoskeleton technology. These are just a few of the medical...Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
By electrically stimulating nerves, this therapy can reduce epileptic seizures and soothe chronic pain without the use of conventional drugs like opioids.
Briefs: Energy
The device combines with body power to treat tendon disease and damage, and sports injuries.
Podcasts: Medical
Marcus Gerhardt and his company at Blackrock Neurotech are creating a brain-computer interface that restores senses for paralyzed patients.
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Makers of a brain-computer interface recall a memorable achievement in prosthetics: A presidential handshake.
Briefs: Wearables
A study seeks to understand how different parts of the brain communicate with other.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This testing method ensures that an exoskeleton and the person wearing it are moving smoothly and in harmony.
Briefs: Medical
The patch enables unobtrusive drug delivery through the skin for the management of skin cancers.
Briefs: AR/AI
The software can be integrated with existing hardware to aid people using robotic prosthetics or exoskeletons.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A remotely controlled microswimmer could navigate the human body and aid in drug delivery.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Neuroprosthetic technology combines robotic control with the user’s voluntary control.
Briefs: Materials
The device combines with body power to treat tendon disease and damage, and sports injuries.
Briefs: Materials
Biobots based on muscle cells can swim at unprecedented velocities.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
An ultra-small actuator has nanometer-scale precision.
UpFront: Imaging
Private stations get NASA funding; a camera "sees the unseen," and more.
Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Will Microneedles Catch On?
A brand-new episode of our podcast series Here’s an Idea looks at microneedles, specifically their use in delivering drugs and vaccines. The array of tiny injectors, less than a millimeter in height, avoid nerve endings and feel a bit like Velcro. The patch creates little, micron size pathways that lead a drug directly...
Podcasts: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Microneedles offer an intriguing alternative to the drug-delivery devices we know and don't love.
Articles: Electronics & Computers
NASA-developed fire protection, implantable stimulators, and more.
Special Reports: Design
Medical Manufacturing & Outsourcing - November 2021
In this new report from the editors of Medical Design Briefs and Tech Briefs magazines, discover how the latest advances in 3D printing, machining, molding and more are changing the way...Top Stories
Podcasts: Design
Engineering the EL9: Electra's Ultra Short Hybrid-Electric Aircraft
Articles: Software
Generative AI Will Be the Next Evolution in Embedded Design
Podcasts: Manned Systems
How Amprius Is Advancing Energy Density for Electric Aircraft Batteries
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
A Compact, Mid-Infrared Pulse Generator
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Tiny, Soft Robot Flexes Its Potential as a Life Saver
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Webcasts
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Introduction to Requirements-Driven PCB Design
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