A Fully Integrated Autonomous Wearable Ultrasonic System-on-Patch (USoP)

Engineers at University of California San Diego have developed a fully integrated system for deep-tissue monitoring.

Real-Time Remote Heart Monitoring

Biotricity’s continuous heart rhythm monitor uses advanced technology to deliver unlimited heart data insights.

First Wearable Health Sensor for Monitoring Muscle Atrophy

The wearable sensor aims to help patients who suffer from muscle atrophy monitor changes to their health in a more convenient way.

How Much Do You Know About IoMT?

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.

Videos of the Month

Watch the Videos of the Month, including one about a swimming robot, one about 3D printing a controllable replica of a patient’s heart, and two more.

Wearable Sensor Uses Ultrasound to Provide On-the-Go Cardiac Imaging

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.

New Hydration Sensor Enables “Smart Diapers” and Other Health Monitors

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.

Smart Bandage Aims to Facilitate Recovery

A Caltech-developed new kind of smart bandage aims to treat lingering wounds and help those who have trouble recuperating.

Plastic Transistor Amplifies Biochemical Sensing Signal

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...

Ionic Magnetic Resonance Tailors Animal Cells/Tissues

An apparatus and method that controls the growth and proliferation of 3D biological cells and mammalian tissue in the presence of a pulsating, alternating ionic magnetic resonance field.

New 3D-Printing Technique: A Game Changer for Medical Testing Devices

Researchers have developed a highly specialized 3D-printing technique that allows microfluidic channels to be fabricated on chips at a precise microscale.

Detecting COVID-Causing Virus with High-Tech Bubbles

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.

Custom, 3D-Printed Robotic Hearts

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

Health Monitoring with Skin-Like Electronics

Flexible, wearable electronics could be used for precision medical sensors attached to the skin, designed to perform health monitoring and diagnosis.

Wearable Electronics for Continuous Cardiac, Respiratory Monitoring

A highly sensitive wearable sensor for cardiorespiratory monitoring could potentially be worn continuously by cardiac patients or others who require constant monitoring.

A Microelectronic Fiber to Analyze Sweat

A microelectronic fiber with microscopic parameters is capable of analyzing electrolytes and metabolites in sweat.

Microelectronics Give Researchers a Remote Control for Biological Robots

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...

Smart Walking Stick Could Aid Visually Impaired

A new take on an old design using artificial intelligence has the potential to make life incredibly easier for the visually impaired.

How Well Do You Know Medical Robots?

How much do you know about medical robots, a market expected to reach $22.89 billion by 2030? Find out with this quiz.

Low-Cost Sensor to Detect Metals in Non-Invasive Fluids

Researchers have developed a portable sensor made of simple materials to detect heavy metals in sweat, which is easily sampled.

Nanoelectronic Sensor to Simultaneously Measure Electrical, Mechanical Activity in Heart Cells

Using a suspended nanowire, a research team has created a tiny sensor that can simultaneously measure electrical and mechanical cellular responses in cardiac tissue — a first.

SkinKit Offers Versatile, Wearable On-Skin Computing

The next generation of wearable computing technology will be even closer to the wearer than a watch or glasses: It will be affixed to the skin.

Standalone Sweat Sensor Provides Immediate Results

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.

Oculometric Testing for Detecting Mild Neural Impairment

This set of oculomotor metrics provide valid and reliable measures of dynamic visual performance.

How Well Do You Know E-Skin?

How much do you know about e-skin? Find out with the quiz below.

Solar-Powered Smart Robots Walk Autonomously

A team has installed electronic “brains” on solar-powered robots that are 100 to 250 micrometers in size so that they can walk autonomously.

Graphene Boosts Flexible and Wearable Electronics Boosts

At 200 times stronger than steel, graphene has been hailed as a super material of the future since its discovery in 2004. The ultrathin carbon material is an incredibly strong...

Q&A: Nanoelectronic Heart Cell Sensor

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.

The Evolution of COVID-19 Testing

One silver lining that the pandemic brought is an expansion of infectious-disease-testing technology.