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Disposable Spray on Patch
PLGA Nanofibers
Bioengineers at the University of Maryland have used a commercially available airbrush to spray on a polymer patch [MORE]
Ultra-Low Powered Wireless Sensor
PsiKick Chip
A crucial limitation on the thousands of devices conceived to make up the “internet of things” is their power [MORE]
Siemen’s Museum of Medical Technology
Manufacturing Vacuum Tubes Used by Roentgen
A few weeks ago, technology giant Siemen’s opened its medical museum in Erlangen, Germany, featuring [MORE]
Microchip Bioreactor for Synthesizing Blood Platelets
Platelet BioGenesis
While research into artificial blood continues, a Boston company, Platelet BioGenesis, is developing a microfluidics bioreactor that can [MORE]
Powering Deep Tissue Microimplants
Wireless Power Transfer to Implants
While this piece is only a link to a PNAS article, it reports an important development [MORE]
Nanoparticles in Tissue Adhesion for Organ Repair
Wound Closure with "Glue"
By applying silica and iron oxide nanoparticles to tissue for surgical closure, researchers in Paris have developed [MORE]
Levitated Lab-Grown Cartilage
Ultrasound Tweezers
Ultrasonic tweezers July 8 2014“Beam me up, Scotty” may be a little closer to non-fiction based on traction beam [MORE]