Energy

How Data Can Help Solve Manufacturing’s Waste Problem

In reshaping the world toward a new, post-pandemic normal, the industry must leverage digital transformation at an accelerated pace. This shift is already happening — according to...

‘Healthy’ Electric Current Produced Inside Human Body

New nanotechnology has many potential applications, including harvesting clean energy to operate devices implanted in the body through the body’s natural movements.

Shifting Demand for Multi-Layer Ceramic Capacitors Creates a Critical Supply Shortfall for Medical Electronics Needs

MLCC manufacturers are ramping up manufacturing capacity.

Low-Power Electrical Stimulation Could Aid Stroke Rehabilitation

A team used liquid gallium to test an antiviral and antimicrobial on a range of fabrics, including facemasks.

Woven Nanotube Fibers Turn Heat into Power

Flexible thermoelectric generators could be a useful way to make carbon "green."

Self-Powered Implantable Stimulates Fast Bone Healing

When placed over a fracture, the device generates electricity from movement, accelerating bone healing.

Self-Powered Diaper Sensors Monitor Urine Sugar Levels

The proposed system will help prevent the onset of diabetes.

Tiny Biosupercapacitor Provides Energy for Biomedical Applications

The miniaturization of microelectronic sensor technology, microelectronic robots, and intravascular implants is progressing rapidly. However, it also poses major challenges...

Product of the Month: October 2021 Medical Design Briefs

See what Hierarchical Surface Restructuring (HSR™) can do to an electrode.

Developing a Customized Glucometer Using GreenPAK

Glucometer designs available on the market today are costly, large, and power inefficient. See how GreenPAK offers an upgrade.

Batteryless Pacemaker Could Use Heart’s Energy for Power

The cardiac pacemaker of the future could be powered by the heart itself.

Nontoxic, Flexible Energy Converters Could Power Wearable Devices

Researchers report the design and fabrication of single-wall carbon nanotube thermoelectric devices on flexible polyimide substrates as a basis for wearable energy converters.

All-in-One Device Uses Microwave Power

An innovative system may provide a new option to use directed energy for biomedical applications.

Reduced Heat Leakage Improves Wearable Heat Harvester

A flexible heat harvesting device shows better efficiency at retaining heat to power the device.

E-Health Patches Monitor Pulse and Blood Pressure

The wireless patches power themselves with harvested energy.

Wireless Retinal Implant Restores Visual Field for the Blind

EPFL researchers have developed a new type of retinal implant for people who have become blind due to the loss of photoreceptor cells in their retinas.

Medtech Company Selected to Spur Smart-Manufacturing Technology Innovations

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) has selected five projects to identify ways to use...

Stretchable and Flexible Biofuel Cell Runs on Sweat

A unique new flexible and stretchable device, worn against the skin and capable of producing electrical energy by transforming the compounds present in sweat, has been developed and...

Flexible High-Energy Textile Lithium Battery Designed for Wearables

Researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have developed a highly flexible, high-energy textile lithium battery that offers more stable, durable, and safe...

Self-Powered Wearable Tech

Researchers have created highly stretchable supercapacitors for powering wearable electronics. The newly developed supercapacitor has demonstrated solid performance and stability, even when it is stretched to 800...

The ‘Create the Future’ Design Contest is Open for Entries

Have a product design idea? The "Create the Future" Design Contest is now open for submissions until July 2, 2018.

Lightweight, Wearable Device Converts Body Heat to Electricity

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new design for harvesting body heat and converting it into electricity for use in wearable electronics.

Creating Sensitive Gels for Glucose Testing

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan www.oist.jp

Transforming liquids into gels plays an important role in many industries, including cosmetics,...

60601 Energy Reduction Test Time Saver

Compliance West, San Diego, CA, which manufactures custom hipot and surge testers, introduces the D5-P medical tester, specifically designed to conduct the energy reduction test in IEC 60601 Third...