NIH/NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE IMAGE: STUDY AUTHOR LINGQIU JIN TESTS THE ROBOTIC CANE. CREDIT: IMAGE COURTESY OF CANG YE, VCU Equipped with a color 3D camera, an inertial measurement sensor, and its own on-board computer, a newly improved robotic cane could offer blind and visually impaired users a new way to navigate indoors. When paired with...
by University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio The Forced Inspiratory Suction and Swallow Tool, shown here, is designed to stop hiccups on one or two attempts. It was developed at The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Credit: JAMA Network Open Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center...
BENTLEY UNIVERSITY Researchers from Bentley University, in partnership with Waltham Council on Aging in Massachusetts, and as part of a study funded by the National Science Foundation, have been exploring how the elderly use smart speakers at home. Waltham, a satellite city about eight miles west of Cambridge has a population of about 60,000, with...
KING + COMPANY IMAGE: POLARCAP SYSTEM IS MADE BY POLARCOOL AB. CREDIT: POLARCOOL LUND, Sweden–May 11, 2021–PolarCool AB (publ), a Swedish medical device company focusing on treatment of sports-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) and whiplash, today announced that it has submitted a 510(k) pre-market notification to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the...
By ETHAN ENNALS FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY PUBLISHED: 17:09 EDT, 8 May 2021 | UPDATED: 21:47 EDT, 8 May 2021 Thousands of bowel disease patients could soon be spared regular hospital visits and long waits for treatment – thanks to new test that would allow GPs or even a practice nurse, for the first time, to monitor the disease. Currently, sufferers...
By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 13:00 EDT, 14 May 2021 | UPDATED: 13:54 EDT, 14 May 2021 A new implantable ‘living pharmacy’ could help military personnel and first responders recover faster from disrupted sleep. Scientists at Northwestern University are developing a device to control the body’s circadian clock. The implant will include engineered cells that produce the same peptides...
Getting swarms of robots to work collectively can be challenging, unless researchers carefully choreograph their interactions—like planes in formation—using increasingly sophisticated components and algorithms. But what can be reliably accomplished when the robots on hand are simple, inconsistent, and lack sophisticated programming for coordinated behavior? Researchers sought to show that even the simplest of robots can still accomplish tasks well...
Researchers at AMBER, the SFI Centre for Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research, and from Trinity’s School of Physics, have developed next-generation, graphene-based sensing technology using their innovative G-Putty material. The team’s printed sensors are 50 times more sensitive than the industry standard and outperform other comparable nano-enabled sensors in an important metric seen as a game-changer in...
by Sara Vaccar, Carnegie Mellon University Noninvasive focused ultrasound stimulation with cell-type specificity. Credit: College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University’s He Lab is focusing on noninvasive neuroengineering solutions that not only provide diagnostic techniques, but also innovative treatment options. Their latest research has demonstrated that noninvasive neuromodulation via low-intensity ultrasound can have cell-type selectivity in...
UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI IMAGE: RESEARCHERS SUGGEST USING MICRONEEDLES FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY DUE TO THE HIGH ABUNDANCE OF IMMUNE CELLS UNDER THE SKIN. CREDIT: SANTOS LAB, UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI A recent study from the University of Helsinki monitors the breakthrough progresses in the development of microneedles for immunotherapy and discusses the challenges regarding their production. Researchers suggest using microneedles...
