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MedInnovation: Exciting New Event to Focus on Commercializing Emerging Medical Technologies

A new interactive conference will address key strategies for the commercialization of emerging medical technologies, including the critical steps...

Personalizing Wearable Devices

When it comes to soft, assistive devices — like the exosuit being designed by the Harvard Biodesign Lab — the wearer and the robot need to be in sync. But every human moves a bit differently and tailoring...

Titanium Fiber Plates Offer Improved Option for Bone Repair

A newly developed titanium fiber plate offers a new alternative for regenerative medicine and treating fractures, eliminating the need for surgical extraction of the plate later.

Next-Gen Wearable Sensors Generate Sweat

Researchers are developing cutting-edge biometric sensors that function without compromising the skin and its ability to prevent infection and dehydration. The new sensors generate sweat to glean...

Flexible Materials, Sensors Combine to Make Realistic Robotic Small Intestine

Researchers are developing an artificial, robotic small intestine for use in medical laboratories. The idea of a robotic small intestine may seem strange, as...

Smart Cane Could Help Reduce Falls

Engineers have developed an instrumented cane that not only provides added support but can also analyze a patient's gait to determine risk of falling. The "IntelliCane" can quantitatively calculate falling...

New Process Could Enable 3D Printing of Nanoscale Implants

For the first time, it is possible to create complex nanoscale metal structures using 3D printing. The process, once scaled up, could be used in a wide variety of applications,...

New Method 3D Prints Fully Functional Electronic Circuits

Researchers have pioneered a breakthrough method to rapidly 3D print fully functional electronic circuits. The circuits, which contain electrically-conductive metallic inks and...

3D Printing and the Environment: The Implications of Additive Manufacturing

The potential implications of additive manufacturing (AM) have excited the imagination. Popularly known as 3D printing, the emerging class of technologies has been...

Sustainable Production Method Could Advance Plastics and Pharmaceuticals

A team of chemical engineers has developed a new, cost-effective method for synthetically producing a biorenewable platform chemical called triacetic acid lactone...

Advanced Manufacturing Center Focuses on Skills Development

To help deliver a truly sustainable advanced manufacturing workforce pipeline, the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) has begun construction of a new apprentice...

Policy Roadmap Calls for Improved US Competitiveness

The Council on Competitiveness has released its 6th annual Clarion Call for Competitiveness, noting that "innovation-driven productivity is the foundation of a competitive, growing...

Magnet-Based Drug-Delivery System Shows Promise for Cancer Treatment

A team of researchers has developed a noninvasive method of delivering drugs directly to cancerous tissue using magnetic forces, a form of treatment that could...

Smart Gel Could Lead to Development of Living Structures in Organs

A newly created 4D printing method for a smart gel could lead to the development of "living" structures in human organs and tissues, soft robots, and targeted drug delivery.

Machine Learning Could Lead to Diagnoses via Artificial Intelligence

Researchers used machine learning techniques, including natural language processing algorithms, to identify clinical concepts in radiologist reports for CT scans,...

Self-Assembled 'Hairy' Nanoparticles Could Give a Double Punch to Cancer

"Hairy" nanoparticles made with light-sensitive materials that assemble themselves could one day become "nanocarriers," providing doctors a new way to...

Wearables Robotics Lab: Moving Toward Robotic Suits

The next generation of wearable robots will have lightweight parts, can be put on like a suit, and will not require additional support from crutches, according to researchers. The new...

Potential Brain-Machine Interface for Hand Paralysis

A brain-machine interface that combines brain stimulation with a robotic device controlling hand movement increases the output of pathways connecting the brain and spinal cord, according...

Biodegradable Sensor Monitors Pressure in the Body

A biodegradable pressure sensor could help doctors monitor chronic lung disease, swelling of the brain, and other medical conditions before dissolving harmlessly in a patient’s body.

Robot Helps Treat Rare Birth Defect

Researchers have created a revolutionary prototype robotic implant that encourages tissue growth in babies.

Researchers Develop First Synthetic Regenerative Cardiovascular Graft

Researchers have developed a game-changing technology to advance cardiovascular regenerative medicine with the development of a synthetic, small-bore, vessel that...

A Wearable UV Sensor — At Your Fingertips

Creators of a new, M&M-sized wearable device aim to bring UV detection to users’ fingertips – or more precisely, fingernails.

Next-Gen Flexible Robots Move and Heal Like Humans

Researchers have developed a new class of soft, electrically activated devices capable of mimicking the expansion and contraction of natural muscles. These devices, which can be constructed...

Spider’s Web Inspires Removable Implant for Type 1 Diabetes

A research team has developed a device that could revolutionize management of Type 1 diabetes. In Type 1 diabetes, insulin-producing pancreatic cell clusters (islets) are...

Swallowable Sensors Offer Noninvasive Diagnosis

Findings from the first human trials of a breakthrough gas-sensing swallowable capsule could revolutionize the way that gut disorders and diseases are prevented and diagnosed.

Monitoring Sick Babies from Afar

A new wearable technology would enable sick babies to be monitored remotely. And parents at home, concerned about the risk of cot death, could keep track of their new babies’ heart and breathing rates with...

Sound-Off: What 3D-Printing Method is Best – FDM, SLS, or SLA?

A Tech Briefs reader asks our expert to compare three 3D-printing techniques.

Neurochip Can Replace Damaged Areas of the Brain

Researchers are creating a neurochip capable of transmitting a signal to healthy brain cells. The artificial neurochip can be used to replace damaged parts of the brain.

New Quick, Portable Test for Iron, Vitamin A Deficiency

A low-cost, rapid test can detect iron and vitamin A deficiencies at the point of care. The small, portable diagnostic system about the size of a lunchbox contains a blood sample test...