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Medical
The medical end market refers to the application of engineering to medicine and biology in order to improve healthcare treatment such as diagnosis, monitoring, and therapy. Includes, but is not limited to, prostheses, robotics, implants, devices, and genetic engineering. A major part of this category is research and development.
Human body and technology work in tandem at Cybathlon
Mark Muhn is used to watching from his wheelchair as his kids win trophies for their achievements on the sports…
Biometric technology tracks toddlers’ vaccinations
Each year 2.5 million children die worldwide because they do not receive life-saving vaccinations at the…
Nation’s first center to deliver hadron therapy to treat cancer
Hadron therapy, which relies on beams of charged particles including protons and heavier ions such as carbon,…
The mathematical way to know your limits
Young people decide whether they’ve had enough to drink the same way the cruise control on a car…
Shiny, happy people processing positive emotions
Our emotional state is governed partly by a tiny brain structure known as the amygdala, which is…
Highly stretchable optical fiber could be implanted in the body
Researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School have developed a biocompatible and highly stretchable optical fiber…
Engineers share secret of revolutionary transparent sensors
In 2014, when University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers announced in the journal Nature Communications that they…
Paralyzed man feels again through brain computer
Imagine being in an accident that leaves you unable to feel any sensation in your arms and fingers. Now imagine…
Fitness trackers on the wrong track for weight loss?
Author: Daisy Stapley-Bunten
Does a study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association…
Air-actuated soft robots behave like human muscles
An EPFL team is developing soft, flexible and reconfigurable robots. Air-actuated, they behave like human…