medical devices

May 8, 2024, Korea Samsung Medison, a global medical equipment company and an affiliate of Samsung Electronics, today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Sonio SAS, a fetal ultrasound AI software…

In the study "Reversibly Sticking Metals and Graphite to Hydrogels and Tissues" published in ACS Central Science, researchers discovered a groundbreaking method to bind hard and soft materials without the use of traditional adhesives like…

Researchers from Xi’an Jiaotong University in China innovated a new method for making tiny stretchable antennas from hydrogel and liquid metal. Potentially used in wearable and flexible wireless electronic devices, they can provide a link…

Soft inflatable robots are becoming more important for applications requiring safety and adaptability. Yet, integrating sensing and control systems in these robots is challenging without compromising their softness, form factor, or…

Three years ago, Second Sight ran out of money. The blind users, helped by its Argus II retinal implant or its next-generation Orion brain implant for some approximation of vision, were left to wonder about the future. IEEE Spectrum …

Researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering developed a flexible, stretchable computer to process information that mimics the human brain. The bridged wearable technology with artificial intelligence…

The stretchiness of films and gels enables wearables, soft robotics, and biocompatible tissue. These materials, however, can break them without warning. Researchers from the American Chemical Society have designed a compound with "wings"…

Oxford Nanopore Technologies developed the world's first and only nanopore DNA sequencer, the MinION and now we're seeing its capabilities unfold as related to the coronavirus. Rapid sequencing of the coronavirus has been one…