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Soft Artificial Skin Integrates Sensors and Actuators
It’s only recently neuroscientists have focused on how very important our sense of touch is. While children born…
Washable Smart Shirt Measures Lung Function
Hexoskin, a Canadian start-up, has developed a smart shirt that measures lung function by sensing movements in the…
Four-Limb Robotic System for Tetraplegics Uses Wireless Brain-Computer System to…
A whole-body exoskeleton, operated by recording and decoding brain signals, has helped a tetraplegic patient to…
Hi-tech, Low-cost, Non-invasive Cure for Baldness? Researchers Say it’s…
Hair loss treatments are thousands of years old, and in many ways haven’t evolved dramatically in terms of efficacy…
Flexible and Transparent Bracelet Provides More Accurate Health Readings
As the market for wearable fitness and wellness trackers grows, consumers, healthcare professionals and…
Manipulating Brain Cells Using a Smartphone
Controlling the brain with a click of a smartphone seems like the stuff of science fiction, but scientists from…
An Artificial Throat Could One Day Help Mute People Speak
We talk and talk and talk each day, not realizing the complexity that goes into such an action. Speaking involves…
E-skin Can Detect Touch 1,000 Times Faster Than Humans
Without a sense of touch, humans risk injury from heat, cold, and abrasions. While robots are inherently sturdier…
Wearables vs. Smart Home Sensors: It Depends on Your Age
Sensor-based technologies can go a long way towards helping women age independently.
A small University of…
New Bandage Could Help You Heal
Wounds that heal too slowly – or don’t heal at all – can cause infections and even lead to gangrene. People with…