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“Deep Learning” AI for Reading X-ray Images
Artificial Intelligence
“Deep Learning” in medical diagnosis applies to many technologies. First, a large study set is computer analyzed to find [MORE]
Mix and Match Custom Molecules
Artificial Molecules
In recent months, more reports about micro-robots, particularly envisioned for surgical procedures, have been in the news, and this [MORE]
Doctors Wearing Drones?
Razer Eidolon Wearable Drone
This piece says nothing about medicine or new medical automation technology. It’s about a wearable gaming technology [MORE]
Silicon Photonics and Optical MEMS
Silicon Photonics
Engineers at Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (“A*STAR) are working on environmental microsensors that rely on photonics [MORE]
3-D Printing Teeth, Gum and Bone
Prof. Ivanovski 3d Print Dentistry
Printed teeth have been done before, as has a printed mandible, but researchers at Griffith University’s [MORE]
Using Ultrasound to Move Samples in a Microfluidic Device
Being able to see mico-organisms or even single cells in a microfluidics device is useful for several reasons (e.g. observing [MORE]
Gene Therapy for Pulmonary Hypertension
Gene Therapy
Lung tissue is amenable to aerosol delivery of therapeutics. This piece describes how researchers at Mount Sinai School of [MORE]
World’s Smallest Thermometer
DNA Thermometers
Does a person’s constant body temperature of 37 degrees C mean that temperature remains constant with the body’s cells? [MORE]
An Optogenetics Microscope for Seeing and Influencing Behavior
Quoting directly, “For the first time, researchers have developed a microscope capable of observing — and manipulating — neural activity [MORE]
“Target Finder” for Non-Coding DNA
Enhancer Nucleotide Sequence
Geneticists haven’t called non-coding DNA “junk” for a long time, but it still passes through medical reporting like [MORE]
First High Frequency Ultrasound
Vevo-MD
There are two pieces here about the same thing—Fujifilm’s newly FDA cleared ultrahigh frequency ultrasound imager: the first piece is [MORE]
Gut-Biome Sensor
Jeffrey Tabor
Synthetic biologists at Rice University are working to create bacterial sensors that can detect different kinds of inflammation associated [MORE]
First Cyborg Olympics
Cyborg Olympics
Who will win the gold in the brain interface race, or the muscle stimulation bike race, or the wearable [MORE]
“Smart Tampons”
Harvard Professors Ridhi Tariyal and Stephen Gire
There’s an interesting “what” in this piece, but an insufficient description of “how.” Two [MORE]