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“Dead Reckoning” Navigation System
9 Axis Sensored Glasses
If a personal navigation system, in the form of sensored glasses, aims at “dead reckoning” accuracy, it [MORE]
Moving Whole Tissue through a Microfluidics Device
Microfluidics Device
In processing a tumor biopsy, the pathologist puts the tissue sample through several steps of staining, washing and observing [MORE]
Highly Sensitive Assay for Athletic Doping
Electrospray Ionization
With athletes’ contracts running, in some cases, to over $100 million, it’s not surprising that some push their [MORE]
Android Wear, Apple’s Healthbook and Samsung’s Virtual “White Cane”
iWatch
People have always been anxious about their health status to some degree, but today that has become a retail healthcare [MORE]
A Quandary about Alzheimer’s Biomarkers
Alzheimer's Disease Progression Chart
Alzheimer’s disease can take a decade or more to present, but over that time the levels of [MORE]
Immunologic Profiling
Signature Degrees of Methylation in DNA
Infections elicit immune system responses with several kinds of leukocytes. Variation arises from both the [MORE]
Issues of Neonate Genomic Screening
Guthrie Card for Newborn Testing
Mandatory newborn screening has been practiced in every state since 1970. Using Guthrie cards, tests look [MORE]
Google Glass for Parkinson Patients
Google Glass Used for Parkinsons
Parkinson’s sufferers experience many difficulties beyond the unsteady gait. Tremors can make it difficult to use [MORE]
Metabolic Rate Sensor
STARTO Micro Optic Sensor
Bioreactors can be as big as a house—stainless steel vessels in which, for example, tons of [MORE]
Nanodiamonds in Contact Lens Deliver Glaucoma Drug Directly to Eye
Nanodiamonde
It’s curious that researchers in the UCLA School of Dentistry have made a finding that could dramatically change ophthalmology, [MORE]
Cologuard Test for Colon Cancer
Cologuard
Exact Sciences, Inc. (Madison, WS) has developed a DNA fecal test for detecting stage I-III cancers that is considerable more [MORE]
Nano-Optical Tweezers
Nano Tweezers
Human DNA is two and a half nanometers in diameter; so, to pluck away a modifying molecule would take [MORE]
Implantable Drug Device to Restore Hearing
Draper Labs Hearing Device
Several factors can account for the tiny hair-like cells in the inner ear collapsing, resulting in hearing [MORE]
Hospital Food: the Opportunity
Good-Hospital Food Safety Measures Minimize Risk to Food Handlers Staff and Patients
“Hospital food” may have one advantage—no one extends length [MORE]