by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress Schematic illustration of the system to prevent joint disorders. The signals produced from the attached sensors are transmitted to an intelligent terminal through a microcontroller. The multilayer sensor consists of a cross-shaped substrate, a square top sensor and a square bottom sensor. Credit: Dr. Zhengbao YANG from the City...
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY IMAGE: ENGINEERS CONDUCTED EXPERIMENTS WITH “DUMB ” HEADPHONES WITH ESTIMATED PRICES RANGING FROM $2.99 TO $15,000. HEADFI CAN TRANSFORM SUCH HEADPHONES INTO SMART ONES. CREDIT: XIAORAN FAN How do you turn “dumb” headphones into smart ones? Rutgers engineers have invented a cheap and easy way by transforming headphones into sensors that can be...
by University of Washington University of Washington researchers have developed a new skill for a smart speaker that acts as a contactless monitor for both regular and irregular heartbeats. The team’s smart speaker prototype, shown here, compares signals from its multiple microphones (visible through the holes of this box) to identify the elusive heartbeat signal. Credit: Mark Stone/University...
by Jessica Cerretani, Children’s Hospital Boston Credit: Children’s Hospital Boston The ability to track seizures has a number of potential benefits: It could allow physicians to better determine optimal dosing and timing of medication, as well as enable timely interventions to help prevent impending seizures. Traditionally, electroencephalography (EEG) and electrocorticography have been used to evaluate and...
The moment Maram al-Amawi gets back from school, she slips on the 3D-printed mask that covers her face and treats her severe burns from a blaze at a Gaza bakery. But she doesn’t go out in the streets for fear of being made fun of. Eight-year-old Maram was severely burned a year ago in the...
UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK Digital solutions including remote monitoring can help chronic pain sufferers manage their pain and reduce the probability of misuse of prescription opioids. For chronic pain sufferers, an app may be just the tool they need to manage their pain. In a UHN-led study that used the app “Manage My Pain” enrolled patients...
MARCH 4TH, 2021 CONN HASTINGS OPHTHALMOLOGY Researchers in the United Arab Emirates have developed contact lenses that can help to correct color blindness. Containing gold nanoparticles, the lenses help to increase red-green contrast in wearers while also functioning as corrective lenses. The particles give the lenses a rose tint, which will hopefully result in wearers having a more...
Clockwise from top left: A man wearing Mitsufuji Corp.’s shirt that monitors heart rates; Paramount Bed Co.’s “smart bed system,” with a patient lying in a bed that measures respiratory and heart functions; Apple Inc.’s Apple Watch; and Fitbit Inc.’s smartwatch. | KYODO Local authorities and hospitals in Japan have been using a range of...
THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY (NAMS) CLEVELAND, Ohio (Feb 24, 2021)–The aging population combined with increasing obesity rates has resulted in more women experiencing pelvic organ prolapse. Common treatment options include pelvic reconstructive surgery or the use of pessaries to prop up descending organs. A new study evaluated the long-term effectiveness of pessaries, as well...
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Smartphones could be used to scan people’s eyes for early-warning signs of glaucoma – helping to prevent severe ocular diseases and blindness, a new study reveals. Some of the most common eye-related diseases are avoidable and display strong risk factors before onset, but it is much harder to pinpoint a group of...
