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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.
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…
The science of self-consciousness
Bodily self-consciousness allows us to be instinctively aware of where we are and how we move, and is an integral…
Ultraviolet light shines on target cells for gene editing
CRISPR, the genome-editing system, allows scientists to delete or replace any target gene in a living cell. MIT…
Blood barcodes enable stem cell research
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have made it possible to monitor large blood cell populations as well as…
Validated research on nanoparticles to aim blood clots
Saving lives often comes down to stopping the bleeding as quickly as possible. Many methods for controlling…
Hydrogel materials eliminate need for open-chest surgery
Clots or narrowed arteries block blood flow during a heart attack, harming or killing cells within the tissue. But…
Batteries made with melanin pigments
For diagnosing and treating disease, non-toxic, edible batteries could one day power ingestible devices. One team…
Bluetooth enables direct streaming between hearing aid & smartphones
Oticon has licensed and deployed the CEVA RivieraWaves Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology for use as part of the…