by Giorgia Guglielmi, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Distribution of gait speed at home and the average values of the gait speed for the clinical assessments for each patient. Credit: npj Parkinson’s Disease (2021). DOI: 10.1038/s41531-021-00171-0 EPFL scientists have developed algorithms that, combined with wearable sensors, could help clinicians to monitor the progression of Parkinson’s disease and assess...
CONN HASTINGS Researchers at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany have developed an implantable biosensor that can measure concentrations of various biomarkers and drugs in the body. Unlike many implantable devices, the sensor can reside in place under the skin for many months without being rejected by the body or losing its functionality. The system...
by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress Credit: CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers at Stanford University has found that the Apple Watch in association with an iPhone can be used to monitor frailty in cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients. The project group, which was funded by Apple, has posted a paper describing experiments they conducted...
By Ben Coxworth March 26, 2021 Prof. William Chen (left) holds up one of the hydrogel bandages and a durian husk, while PhD student Cui Xi displays agar plates showing the dressing’s antibacterial effectNTU Singapore Although not a huge seller everywhere, durian fruit is consumed in great quantities in countries like Singapore. Scientists there have now developed...
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY IMAGE: A RABBIT CHARACTER AND VEGETABLES WERE DISPLAYED IN THE GREEN CIRCLE. VEGETABLES WERE LOCATED AT THE CENTER OR EDGE OF THE CIRCLE, AND MARKERS WERE ALSO DISPLAYED WHEN THE VEGETABLES WERE LOCATED AT THE EDGE. CREDIT: YUTA SUGIURA A Japanese research group combined motion analysis that uses smartphone application and machine...
by British Medical Journal Credit: CC0 Public Domain Wearable fitness trackers and step counters help people who are overweight/obese and/or who have weight-related health conditions to shed the pounds, finds a pooled data analysis of the existing evidence, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. More than 1.9 billion adults around the world are overweight...
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY IMAGE: THREE DIMENSIONAL MULTIFUNCTIONAL NEURAL INTERFACES FOR CORTICAL SPHEROIDS AND ENGINEERED ASSEMBLOIDS CREDIT: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY A team of scientists, led by researchers at Northwestern University, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), has developed novel technology promising to increase understanding of how brains develop, and offer answers on repairing brains in...
By Loz Blain March 18, 2021 The prototype neuro-motor wrist devices are already capable of reading electric impulses traveling down your arm at single-neuron accuracyFacebook Reality Labs When augmented reality hits the market at full strength, putting digital overlays over the physical world through transparent glasses, it will intertwine itself deeper into the fabric of...
MARCH 18TH, 2021 MEDGADGET EDITORS MATERIALS, OPHTHALMOLOGY Electroretinography is a common technique for diagnosing and following up on eye conditions such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and retinitis pigmentosa. To perform an electroretinography exam, a device is placed against the eye that projects light onto it and measures the resulting electrical signals that are generated by the retina. Commercial...
KESSLER FOUNDATION IMAGE: Rakesh Pilkar, Ph.D. is a Senior Research Scientist in the Center for Mobility and Rehabilitation Engineering Research at Kessler Foundation and Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School. Dr. Pilkar’s expertise is in providing engineering solutions to biomedical research problems. CREDIT:...
