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Global Innovations: Photonics/Optics
Features: Photonics/Optics
Fluorescence endoscopy is becoming increasingly important in many medical diagnostic tests. Based on the molecular absorption of light, this technique works by revealing...
R&D: Materials
A metasurface lens has been created that uses a piezoelectric thin film to change focal length when a small voltage is applied. Because it is extremely compact and lightweight, the new lens could be useful for...
R&D: Photonics/Optics
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...
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Products: Medical
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Blog: Medical
A new camera module with quadruple the resolution of its predecessor, at 400 × 400, or 160 Kpixels, provides clear images inside the body’s farthest...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University developed a new technology that will allow neuroscientists to capture images of the brain almost 10 times larger than previously possible...
R&D: Photonics/Optics
Fish-Inspired Lens Sees in the Dark
Combining the best features of a lobster and an African fish, University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers have created an artificial eye that sees in the dark. The technology could help brighten the dim surroundings presented from surgical scopes.
News: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Doctoring up iPhones for Microscopy and Spectroscopy
A team of researchers from the University of California, Davis has transformed everyday iPhones into medical-quality imaging and chemical detection devices. Though they are not the first to tweak the smartphone in this way, this represents a simpler and more affordable method. Using materials...
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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.