Keyword: Diagnostics

INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Continuous monitoring of sweat can reveal valuable information about human health, such as the body’s glucose levels. However, wearable sensors previously developed for...

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Tech Talks: Medical
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Designing a solution for molecular diagnostic instruments involves a complex system including a long list of hardware, software, firmware, consumables, and...

Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Scientists have created a new way to detect the proteins that make up the pandemic coronavirus as well as antibodies against it. They designed protein-based biosensors that glow when mixed with components of the virus or specific COVID-19 antibodies.
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INSIDER: Materials

New soft-bodied robots that can be controlled by a simple magnetic field are well suited to work in confined spaces. The robots, formed from rubbery magnetic spirals, can be programmed to walk,...

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INSIDER: Medical

A tiny transistor enables device to acquire and transmit neurophysiologic brain signals while simultaneously providing power to the implanted device.

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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A Rutgers-led team of researchers has developed a microchip that can measure stress hormones in real time from a drop of blood.
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Briefs: Medical
Boasting a 256-channel high-resolution sensing array and an energy-efficient machine learning processor, NeuralTree can extract and classify a broad set of biomarkers from real patient data and animal models of disease in-vivo.
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Blog: IoMT
Engineers at University of California San Diego have developed a fully integrated system for deep-tissue monitoring.
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Blog: Medical
The wearable sensor aims to help patients who suffer from muscle atrophy monitor changes to their health in a more convenient way.
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Quiz: Internet of Things
How much do you know about IoMT, an industry that was valued at $99.58 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow to $486.34 billion by 2031? Find out with this quiz.
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Briefs: Medical
Researchers have developed a wearable ultrasound device — about the size of a postage stamp — that can assess both the structure and function of the human heart.
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Briefs: Medical
A new sensor — so cheap and simple to produce that it can be hand-drawn with a pencil onto paper treated with sodium chloride — could clear the way for wearable, self-powered health monitors.
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Blog: Electronics & Computers
A Caltech-developed new kind of smart bandage aims to treat lingering wounds and help those who have trouble recuperating.
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INSIDER: Medical

The molecules in our bodies are in constant communication. Some of these molecules provide a biochemical fingerprint that could indicate how a wound is healing, whether a cancer...

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Briefs: Medical
A new technique enables the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in the air by using a nanotechnology-packed bubble that spills its chemical contents like a broken piñata when encountering the virus.
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INSIDER: Medical

The soft robotic models are patient-specific and could help clinicians zero in on the best implant for an individual.

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Blog: Medical
A microelectronic fiber with microscopic parameters is capable of analyzing electrolytes and metabolites in sweat.
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition

First, they walked. Then, they saw the light. Now, miniature biological robots have gained a new trick: remote control. These hybrid “eBiobots” are the first to...

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Quiz: Design
How much do you know about medical robots, a market expected to reach $22.89 billion by 2030? Find out with this quiz.
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Blog: Test & Measurement
Researchers have developed a portable sensor made of simple materials to detect heavy metals in sweat, which is easily sampled.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Engineers have developed a thin, flexible, stretchy sweat sensor that can show the level of glucose, lactate, sodium, or pH of your sweat — at the press of a finger.
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Q&A: Medical
Professor Jun Yao and his team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, have created a tiny sensor that can simultaneously measure electrical and mechanical cellular responses in cardiac tissue.
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Quiz: Sensors/Data Acquisition
One silver lining that the pandemic brought is an expansion of infectious-disease-testing technology.
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Articles: Power
Betterfrost’s solution defrosts and defogs electric vehicles’ windshields with 20 times less power than current technology and extends the range of an EV by 38 km on an average commute in winter.
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Briefs: Design
Fluid could provide a new source of information for routine diagnostic testing.
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Briefs: Materials
The innovation opens the door for faster and more affordable at-home medical testing.
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INSIDER: Motion Control

A collaborative effort has installed electronic “brains” on solar-powered robots that are 100 to 250 micrometers in size — smaller than an ant’s head — so that they can walk autonomously...

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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition

A team of engineers and doctors at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have designed a unique 3D-printed light-sensing medical device that is placed directly on the skin...

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