Stories
R&D: Wearables
A novel wearable for infants provides reliable assessment of motor abilities during early development. The smart jumpsuit, called MAIJU (Motor Assessment of Infants with a Jumpsuit), is a...
R&D: Medical
R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Global Innovations: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Applications: Manufacturing & Prototyping
For years, ultrasonic welding has been used in cleanrooms where plastic components are assembled to complete medical and electronic...
R&D: Wearables
Researchers have shown that electrospun materials have many advantages over conventional bulk materials for the development of wearables. Electrospun materials’ high surface-to-volume...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Surface mount technology (SMT) is widely accepted as the ideal process for electronic products that are compact, lightweight, and high speed. Both...
Briefs: Design
A research center based at the University of Kansas that develops rapid next-generation tests for a host of human ailments like cancer, stroke, and COVID-19 recently...
R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers have developed a wearable sensor patch thinner than a hair strand that can measure pulse wave signals with high precision. The patch was printed using inkjet printing....
Briefs: Materials
Trends in wearable technology follow those of the broader biomedical and electronics industries — devices are getting smaller, smarter, and easier to use. Specifically, wearables in...
Features: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The COVID-19 pandemic has strengthened the push toward digitalization as well as patient-centric solutions in healthcare. The increasing demand for...
R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
As advances in wearable devices push the amount of information they can provide consumers, sensors increasingly must conform to the contours of the body. One approach applies the...
R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Measuring devices that perform disease tests simply and quickly from small amounts of blood, urine, saliva, and other bodily fluids are extremely important for accurate diagnosis and verifying...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A research team has developed a new microfluidic chip for diagnosing diseases that uses a minimal number of components and can be powered wirelessly by a smartphone. The...
R&D: Medical
Researchers have developed a smart contact lens-type wearable device to prevent diabetic retinopathy and treat it in its early stages by irradiating 120 μW far red/LED light to the retina. This...
R&D: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
R&D: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Features: Sensors/Data Acquisition
R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Briefs: Medical
Features: Medical
R&D: Wearables
Briefs: Medical
R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Briefs: Software
R&D: Materials
Briefs: Wearables
R&D: Communications
Top Stories
INSIDER: Medical

Device Enables Thought-Controlled Walking After Spinal Cord Injury
INSIDER: Medical

AI Tool Predicts Onset of Parkinson’s Disease
INSIDER: Medical

ECG Patch Paves Way for Sustainable Wearables
Features: Medical

Quiz: Tubing & Extrusion

Medical Devices in the Locker Room
News: Medical

Mactac Acquires Label Supply, Canadian Distributor of Roll Label Products
Ask the Expert
Ralph Bright on the Power of Power Cords

Understanding power system components and how to connect them correctly is critical to meeting regulatory requirements and designing successful electrical products for worldwide markets. Interpower’s Ralph Bright defines these requirements and explains how to know which cord to select for your application.
Webcasts
Webinars: Wearables

5 Ways to Test Wearable Devices
Webinars: Test & Measurement

Powering Medical Devices: How to Filter Noise Out While Keeping Safety In
On-Demand Webinars: Medical

High-purity Silicone Adhesive Solutions for Medical Device Assembly
Podcasts: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Here's an Idea: Real-Time Remote Heart Monitoring
Tech Talks: Materials

A Look Into New Silicone Elastomers for Low-Temperature Biopharma Applications
Webinars: Medical

Inside Story
Rapid Precision Prototyping Program Speeds Medtech Product Development
Rapid prototyping technologies play an important role in supporting new product development (NPD) by companies that are working to bring novel and innovative products to market. But in advanced industries where products often make use of multiple technologies, and where meeting a part’s exacting tolerances is essential, speed without precision is rarely enough. In such advanced manufacturing—including the medical device and surgical robotics industries — the ability to produce high-precision prototypes early in the development cycle can be critical for meeting design expectations and bringing finished products to market efficiently.