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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.
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Abundant magnetite nanoparticles in the brain tissue from 37 individuals aged three to 92-years-old who lived in…
Microchip precisely measures single cell growth
The growth of many individual cells can be measured simultaneously thanks to a new technique invented at MIT. The…
Virtual Assistant aids visually impaired
To help visually impaired users to adapt the presentation of the outside world optimally to the working parts of…
Handy 3D-printed devices from MIT
Although these names seem fitting for superhero characters; Cyborg beast, phoenix, talon — they are actually names…
Using EEG electrical signals to monitor migraines
Researchers from the University of British Columbia have discovered that using non-invasive electroencephalograms…
DNA was successfully sequenced in space for the first time ever
For the first time ever, a NASA astronaut has successfully sequenced DNA in microgravity. The feat was conducted as…
Using accelerometer data to help voice disorders
Speech is the most basic instinct, and yet, for many people, talking can be taxing. One in 14 working-age Americans…
These new high-tech eyeglasses will also track your health
Soon your eyeglasses will do a lot more than just help you see.
The University of Southern California (USC)…
Sensor system can detect a senior citizen’s fall three weeks in advance
Everyone falls from time to time, but falls are very common among the elderly — those 65 and older — and can have…
These 3D printed objects immediately revert to original position after…
With the help of some light, engineers from MIT and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have…