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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.
Robots Could Get A Self-Powered Smart Skin Upgrade
Robots can be fashioned with all sorts of technology to make them smarter, more durable, and more efficient than…
When Virtual Reality Is Your Health Treatment Option
Virtual reality – we’ve been hearing a lot about the computer technology that reproduces entire environments and…
Excedrin’s augmented reality tool simulates migraines
Why would anyone want a migraine? Well, Excedrin is offering the experience to anyone who wants to empathize with…
These small drones will carry medicine to Rwanda
A California-based start-up wants to change the medical situation for parts of the world where access to essential…
Wearable graphene-based device monitors blood sugar, administers meds
A team of scientists from South Korea’s Institute for Basic Science has developed a wearable graphene-based patch…
Engineers develop bionic patch to treat heart diseases
With heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States, and while 25% of the people on the national…
Amputee gets a bionic finger that can actually feel
While the field of prostheses has come a long way since the simple wooden leg, scientists and researchers are still…
Researchers working on soft robotic clothing for those with disabilities
Researchers from the University of Bristol, University of the West of England, University of Nottingham, University…
This business card doubles as an ECG machine
A group of Hungarian engineers came together to combat the high prices of clinical ECG machines which check for…
Digital ‘magic wand’ aims to prevent hackers from stealing medical…
In the wake of recent cyber attacks on a California hospital in which digital medical records were held ransom by…