Tech Briefs

Briefs: Wearables

Smart Devices Help Reduce Adverse Outcomes of Common Heart Condition

Mobile health devices can help with screening and detection.

Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Wireless, Skin-Mounted Sensors Monitor Babies, Pregnant Women

The affordable monitoring system can easily be implemented to provide clinical-grade care in nearly any setting.

Briefs: Medical

Cardiac Patch with Bioink Developed to Repair Heart

The new method could be a breakthrough treatment of myocardial infarction.

Briefs: Wearables

Wearable Sensor Powered by AI Predicts Worsening Heart Failure before Hospitalization

Device could help doctors remotely detect changes in patients.

Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Disposable Device Treats Severe Side-Effect of Cancer

The device eliminates oral mucositis, a side effect of chemo- and radiation therapy.

Briefs: Imaging

Stretchable, Wearable Coils May Make MRI, Other Medical Tests Easier on Patients

The stretchable fabric is embroidered with conductive threads that provide excellent signal-to-noise ratio.

Briefs: Imaging

New Imaging Technology Provides Greater Definition

The SEER method is 67 times faster than current techniques.

Briefs: Wearables

Bioengineers Develop Coin-Sized Smart Insulin Patch

The new device automatically manages glucose levels and delivers needed insulin quickly.

Briefs: Nanotechnology

Scientists Create Supersensitive Nanomaterials for DNA Diagnostics and Targeted Drug Delivery

The smart material holds promise for drugs against cancer and other serious diseases.

Briefs: Medical

New Device May Reduce Risks in Procedure to Unblock Arteries

Alternative treatment uses light-activated drug to coat an angioplasty balloon.

Briefs: Wearables

Smartphone Lab Delivers Test Results in ‘Spit’ Second

The mobile health tool plugs into a phone to diagnose illnesses such as coronavirus.

Briefs: Medical

Artificial Intelligence Helps Predict Heart Attacks and Stroke

AI has been used for the first time to instantly and accurately measure blood flow.

Briefs: Medical

Prototype Patch Acts Like Heart Tissue

The patch mimics electrical signaling of the heart.

Briefs: Electronics & Computers

Engineers Mix and Match Materials to Make New Stretchy Electronics

Next-generation devices made with new “peel and stack” method may include electronic chips worn on the skin.

Briefs: Wearables

Highly Sensitive Sensors Show Promise in Enhancing Human Touch

The sensor has remarkable sensitivity, allowing the wearer to detect the light brush of a feather.

Briefs: Wearables

Cold Plasma Patch Could Make Immunotherapy More Effective for Treating Melanoma

The patch significantly prolonged survival, inhibited growth of tumors in mice.

Briefs: Medical

Iron Nanorobots Destroy Cancer Cells

Multifunctional iron nanowires selectively obliterate cancer cells with a triple-punch combination attack.

Briefs: Test & Measurement

Researchers Hope to Make Needle Pricks for Diabetics a Thing of the Past

Patients with diabetes have to test their blood sugar levels several times a day to make sure they are not getting too high or too low. Studies have shown that more...

Briefs: Medical

Wearable Gas Sensor Enhances Sensitivity

The sensor allows for quick recovery and reuse of the platform.

Briefs: Medical

Color-Changing Bandages Sense and Treat Bacterial Infections

According to the World Health Organization, antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health. Sensing and treating bacterial infections earlier could help...

Briefs: Medical

Wearable Health Tech Gets Efficiency Upgrade

The flexible device harvests heats from the human body.

Briefs: Medical

Machine Keeps Human Livers Alive for One Week Outside of the Body

Breakthrough may increase the number of available organs for transplantation.

Briefs: Test & Measurement

Research Zeroing in on Electronic Nose for Diagnosing Disease

The nose measures gases in a patient’s breath.

Briefs: Materials

Engineers Design Bionic ‘Heart’ for Testing Prosthetic Valves, Other Cardiac Devices

The device made of heart tissue and a robotic pumping system beats like the real thing.

Briefs: Medical

Discovery Takes Pressure Off Blood Measurements

The portable blood pressure monitoring device provides data continuously to patients.

Briefs: Medical

Ultrasound Helps Make 3D Printed Alloys Stronger

Researchers have used sound vibrations to shake metal alloy grains into tighter formation during 3D printing.

Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Marubeni Citizen-Cincom Opens New Technical Center

The facility will be used to perform customer test cutting and complete process development requirements.

Briefs: Materials

Researchers Develop Ultra-Thin, Ultra-Flexible Electronic Material

Nanothin flexible touchscreens could be printed like newspaper.

Briefs: Materials

Hybrid Technique Aims to Produce Stronger, Corrosion-Resistant Nickel

In the process, a high-yield electrodeposition is applied on certain conductive substrates.