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Features: Connectivity
The Internet of Things (IoT) has penetrated all sectors of the technological sphere at an accelerating pace. According to Gartner, by the end of 2016, 6.4 billion IoT connected...
Briefs: Wearables
University of Washington (UW) engineers have introduced a new way of communicating that allows devices such as brain implants, contact lenses, and smaller wearable electronics to talk to everyday...
Briefs: Medical
Clutches can be used to enhance the functionality of springs or actuators in robotic devices. A research team headed up by Steve Collins, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at...
Technology Leaders: Medical
The ability to provide accurate rotary motion is critical in a wide range of applications in the automation equipment, medical device, machine tool, energy, welding, robotics,...
Briefs: Medical
In a study led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), epitaxy, or growing crystalline film layers that are templated by a crystalline substrate, is a...
R&D: Robotics, Automation & Control
Researcher Predicts Advances in Thermal Materials
To produce electricity, thermoelectric materials capture waste heat from sources such as automobile exhausts or industrial processes. Improving the materials' efficiency will require further reduction of thermal conductivity. A new article from a Georgia Institute of Technology professor...
R&D: Medical
Nanowire Yarn Boosts Supercapacitor Efficiency
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology discovered that yarn made of niobium nanowires enables more efficient supercapacitors. The new approach uses the yarns as the electrodes in tiny supercapacitors. Adding a coating of a conductive polymer to the yarn further increases the...
R&D: Medical
Attachable Army Device Displays Vital Signs
A Compensatory Reserve Index (CRI) device developed by Army medical researchers attaches to a soldier's finger and displays vital signs: body temperature, heart rate, breathing rate, and blood pressure. The matchbox-sized tool includes a computer display, wire, and plastic clip.
Briefs: Medical
Humans grow to be quite efficient at walking. Simulations of human locomotion show that walking on level ground at a steady speed should theoretically require no power input at...
Features: Electronics & Computers
In today’s medical technology field, having a reliable and stable power source is a critical requirement for safe operation. Wireless power provides a unique advantage in that a device can...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
When vision system integrators are designing systems for hospital operating rooms, they have a number of technologies to choose from. The video interfacing technology with...
Briefs: Medical
Preserving Phase for Bionic Implants by Rearranging a Signal’s Components
Any signal can be decomposed into components of sinusoids. This pioneer technique expands the theory of interchangeability of phase and a shift of time (or a shift of another variable). It faithfully preserves phase information by mathematically rearranging the...
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Briefs: Wearables
Designing Feature-Rich Wearable Health and Fitness Devices
INSIDER: Medical
Self-Powered Ingestible Sensor Opens New Avenues for Gut Research
Briefs: Tubing & Extrusion
Extrusion Process Enables Synthetic Material Growth
Features: Medical
Enabling a Diabetic to Run the World Marathon Challenge
Features: Motion Control
Enhancing Surgical Outcomes with Performance-Guided Surgery
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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.
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Technology Leaders: Regulations/Standards
First, Do No Harm: Changing Strategies to Prove Your Medical Device Is Safe