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AI Predicts Which COVID-19 Patients Need a Ventilator

Researchers have developed an online tool to help medical staff quickly determine which COVID-19 patients will need help breathing with a ventilator. The tool, developed through analysis...

Stretchable Battery Powered by Sweat

Scientists have developed a soft and stretchable battery that is powered by human perspiration. The prototype battery consists of printed silver flake electrodes that generate electricity in the presence...

Low-Cost COVID-19 Device Allows At-Home Testing

Despite the impressively fast development of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic tests over the last year and a half, the vast majority of patient samples must still be sent to a lab for processing, which...

Bioprinted 3D Cardiac Patches Could Reverse Scar Formation

Researchers are investigating stem cell-laden 3D-bioprinted cardiac patch technologies for use as a therapeutic and regenerative approach for ischemic cardiomyopathy in reversing...

Flexible, Wearable X-Ray Detector Doesn’t Require Heavy Metals

Researchers have developed a proof-of-concept wearable x-ray detector prepared from nontoxic metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) layered between flexible plastic and gold...

MD&M West Keynote to Explore Artificial Intelligence

The development and use of artificial intelligence (AI), like many things, was accelerated during COVID-19. From image and speech recognition and robotic process automation initially, now...

MD&M West Kicks Off This Week with a New Look and Feel

To better align its five co-branded shows, Informa Markets had rebranded MD&M West with a new logo and renamed the conference Design. Engineer. Build.

Panel to Address Design Trends in Wearables, Home Health, and Drug Delivery

As the point of care continues to shift toward home-based applications, designers must consider how clinicians and caregivers can responsibly put more care in a...

Test Distinguishes SARS-CoV-2 from Other Coronaviruses

Biomedical engineers have demonstrated a tablet-sized device that can reliably detect multiple COVID-19 antibodies and biomarkers simultaneously. Initial results show the test can...

Wearable Sensor Offers Wide-Ranging Strain Sensitivity

Many bodily functions in humans are manifested by mechanical deformations to the skin, and these mechanical changes can be detected and monitored by measuring different levels of strain...

COVID-19 SCAN kit Provides Fast, Affordable Screening

To address the COVID-19 outbreaks that continue to skyrocket with new clusters in numerous dark red areas in many provinces across Thailand, a research team has developed an innovative...

Finger Wrap Powers Electronics While You Sleep

A wearable device turns the touch of a finger into a source of power for small electronics and sensors. Engineers have developed a thin, flexible strip that can be worn on a fingertip and...

Conductive Seams in Clothing Track Body Motion

When positioned strategically, garment seams sewn with conductive yarn can be used to accurately track body motion, according to computer scientists. Best of all, these charged seams are able...

New Face Mask Prototype Detects COVID-19 Infection

Engineers at MIT and Harvard University have designed a novel face mask that can diagnose the wearer with COVID-19 within about 90 minutes. The masks are embedded with tiny, disposable...

A $600 Medical Device Could Help Doctors Detect Throat Cancer

A team of researchers has developed a low-cost nasopharyngoscope for use in provincial and district hospitals in the Vietnam, where traditional scopes are cost prohibitive. These...

New Rapid Test Detects Coronavirus Infection in 10 Minutes

An antigen-based detection technique could be used to analyze as many as 500 samples per hour. In a recently completed study, the rapid test was able to diagnose a viral infection...

Injectable Chips Use Ultrasound to Monitor Body Processes

Implantable medical devices are used to monitor physiological conditions such as temperature, blood pressure, glucose, and respiration for both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures....

New 3D-Printing Process Improves Medical Devices

Using a new 3D printing process, University of Nottingham researchers have tailor-made artificial body parts and other medical devices with built-in functionality that offer better shape and...

Thin, Stretchable Biosensors Could Make Surgery Safer

Los Alamos National Laboratory and Purdue University developed bio-inks for biosensors that could help localize critical regions in tissues and organs during surgical operations. The new...

Sense of Touch Improves Control of Robotic Arm

A team of has demonstrated how adding brain stimulation evokes tactile sensations that make it easier for the operator to manipulate a brain-controlled robotic arm. In their experiment,...

Soft Robotics: High-Performance Artificial Muscle Technology

Researchers have devleoped a new, high-performance artificial muscle technology that enables more human-like motion due to its flexibility and adaptability but outperforms human...

First Human Use of High-Bandwidth Wireless Brain-Computer Interface

For the first time, BrainGate clinical trial participants with tetraplegia have demonstrated use of an intracortical wireless BCI with an external wireless transmitter. The...

Engineers Combine AI and Wearable Cameras in Self-Walking Robotic Exoskeletons

Using sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) technology, newly developed exoskeleton legs capable of thinking and making control decisions on their own. The...

Infrared Light Offers Safer, More Efficient COVID-19 Testing

A proof of concept for a new, fast, portable saliva screening test uses an infrared light technology to confirm infection with SARS-CoV-2. A portable infrared spectrometer was...

Implantable Piezoelectric Polymer Improves Controlled Release of Drugs

A membrane made from threads of a polymer commonly used in vascular sutures can be loaded with therapeutic drugs and implanted in the body, where mechanical forces...

Harnessing Next-Generation Sequencing to Prepare for the Next Pandemic

Researchers have designed a testing protocol for SARS-CoV-2 that can process tens of thousands of samples in less than 48 hours. The test, called SARSeq, or Saliva...

Personalized Sweat Sensor Monitors Blood Glucose with Just a Touch

Researchers have developed a device that can measure glucose in sweat with the touch of a fingertip, and then a personalized algorithm provides an accurate estimate of...

Microneedle Patch Delivers Antibiotics into Skin to Reduce MRSA

MRSA skin infections are often treated with intravenous injection of antibiotics, which can cause significant side effects and promote the development of resistant bacterial...

Biosensor-Based COVID-19 Test Provides Fast, Accurate Results

A low-cost, rapid diagnostic test for COVID-19 provides COVID-19 results within four minutes with 90 percent accuracy. Compared to existing methods for COVID-19 detection, the...