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What NFL Uniforms Might Do for Elders

Nike Elite 51 Uniform
Getting smacked down by a 300 lb linebacker isn’t quite like falling down the stairs, [MORE]

FIRST RELEASE – Printing a Prosthetic Jaw

Prosthetic Jaw
Last June, biomedical engineers at Hasselt University (Diepenbeek, Belgium) used 3-D printing to fabricate a mandible that was [MORE]

A “Silent Talk” Robot

Robotino
What would it take for a paralyzed person to mentally move a robot around a room that was 62 [MORE]

“Watson’s” Debut in Healthcare: 2012

If you saw IBM’s supercomputer, “Watson,” challenge two of “Jeopardy’s” all time winners, you know that the “machine” made [MORE]

NSF’s I-Corps for Start-Up Business Development

The National Science Foundation has created a new grants program that will award $50k to 100 recipients for turning [MORE]

Microfluidics for Home Testing

Smart Phone Health Testing
Lab-on-a-chip devices are opening a new genre of disruptive innovations on the model of the [MORE]