Videos of the Month

Screen-Printed, Flexible Sensors Transform Earbuds into Wearables

A pair of earbuds can be turned into a tool to record the electrical activity of the brain as well as levels of lactate in the body with the addition of two flexible sensors screen-printed onto a stamp-like flexible surface. While in-ear sensing of several physiological parameters is not new, integrating sensing of brain and body signals in a single platform is. Watch this video to learn more about the technology.

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Histotripsy: Cancer Treatment that Uses Ultrasound to Break Up Tumors

Pioneered at the University of Michigan over the last two decades, histotripsy offers a promising alternative to cancer treatments such as surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Watch this video to learn more about the non-invasive cancer treatment that uses ultrasound to break up tumors in the body.

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Developing Robotic Technologies to Provide Assured Care in the Field

Researchers are exploring how emerging capabilities in AI, AR, and robotics might support collaborative intervention by teams of medics, AI-based virtual assistants, and autonomous robots. The goal is to develop a system where humans provide the outline of a task and allow robots to learn how to perform subtasks to minimize human workload and expand the range of potential solutions. Watch the video to learn more.

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Novel Mechanical System Turns Bedridden Hospital Patients

It takes five or six people to turn an intubated patient in a hospital bed. For patients in an artificial coma, this procedure is performed at least twice a day in order to improve patients’ breathing and prevent bedsores. A mechanical system halves the number of hospital staff needed to turn patients and makes the task less physically demanding. With the Instant-Lab system, the top and bottom sheets around the patient are bound together in four places using a kind of metal clamp.

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