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R&D: Medical
Helmet with Sensors Records Brain Function
Researchers have designed a lightweight helmet with tiny LEGO-size sensors that scan the brain while a person moves. The helmet is the first of its kind to accurately record magnetic fields generated by brain activity while people are in motion.
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Briefs: Materials
Helmet Made of Magnetic Metamaterials Could Improve Brain Scans
It may look like a bizarre bike helmet, or a piece of equipment found in Doc Brown’s lab in Back to the Future, yet this gadget made of plastic and copper wire is a...
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Briefs: Design
Safer Helmets Reduce Potential for Traumatic Injury
“Seventy-five percent of all fatal motorcycle accidents globally involve brain injury, with rotational forces acting on the brain being the primary cause of death,” According to NHTSA. By...
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Briefs: Materials
Helmet Smart Foam Signals Potential Concussions in Real Time
Most football fans have seen players get hit so hard they can barely walk back to the sideline. All too often in years past, those players were back on the field just a few plays...
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R&D: Medical
Shape-Memory Polymer Promises 'Programmable' Applications
In partnership with General Motors, researchers from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, have revealed that honeycomb “cellular” materials support a range of new applications,...
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Briefs: Medical
Visual Image Sensor Organ Replacement
This innovation is a system that augments human vision through a technique called “Sensing Super-position” using a Visual Instrument Sensory Organ Replacement (VISOR) device. The VISOR device translates visual and other sensors (i.e., thermal) into sounds to enable very difficult sensing tasks.
Global Innovations: Medical
Brain Retraining Device for Stroke Rehabilitation
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Chinahttp://www.polyu.edu.hk/cpa/polyu/index.php Ateam of researchers in the Interdisciplinary Division of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at The...
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Briefs: Medical
EyeBrain Tracker for Early Diagnosis and Monitoring of Neurological Disease
The EyeBrain Tracker (EBT) is an eyetracking medical device, which uses algorithms to accurately track eye movements for the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease and...
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Applications: Medical
3D Data Acquisition Delivers Orthopedics and Prosthetics Solutions
In 2005, Creaform (Quebec, Canada) launched the first Handyscan 3D scanner, based on an innovative technology using triangulation as a way to position itself in space, and with...
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INSIDER: Medical

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INSIDER: Wearables

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Blog: Regulations/Standards

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Podcasts: Medical

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Features: Medical

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Podcasts: Design

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John Chandler on Achieving Quality Motion Control
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FAULHABER MICROMO brings together the highest quality motion technologies and value-added services, together with global engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing, to deliver top quality micro motion solutions. With 34 years’ experience, John Chandler injects a key engineering perspective into all new projects and enjoys working closely with OEM customers to bring exciting new technologies to market.

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Editorial Webinars: Medical

Design for Miniaturization: Meeting the Demand for Smaller,...

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Summits: Robotics, Automation & Control

2026 Medical & Healthcare Robotics Summit (Online)

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Podcasts: Medical

Rapid Diagnostics for Extreme and Low-Resource Environments

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Podcasts: Medical

Resilient Device Design for Harsh Conditions

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Podcasts: Design

Making Telemedicine Work in Low-Connectivity Environments

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Podcasts: Design

Why the Next Medical Breakthrough May Come from Space

Inside Story

Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
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Eurofins Medical Device Testing (MDT) provides a full scope of testing services. In this interview, Eurofins’ experts, Sunny Modi, PhD, Director of Package Testing; and Elizabeth Sydnor, Director of Microbiology; answer common questions on medical device packaging and sterilization.

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