Wi Vi
“Wi-Vi’ means wireless vision, and videos with this piece show how it can be used to monitor an [MORE]
Proteus Sensor Enabled Pills
Diagnostic pills—some containing cameras, others with sensors—could serve many needs in healthcare, perhaps none more so than [MORE]
Door Handle Sanitizer
Hospital acquired infections happen at a rate of one in twenty five in-patients. Since insurers no longer [MORE]
Paper Diagnostic for Cancer
It’s not surprising that most of cancer mortality occurs in the developing world; that’s where human populations [MORE]
Glue interdigitates with collagen fibers
Slugs have at least one admirable quality—their viscous fluid can form strong bonds under water. [MORE]
3-D Printed Cages
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have used 3-D printing to fabricate protein cages in [MORE]
Pasteur Institute
The 1981 Uniform Determination of Death Act made whole brain death the definition of death itself in the [MORE]
Vinton Cerf
Remember Sony’s “Betamax,” or for that matter, remember the JVC’s “VHS” cassetts? Today, many families have boxes of [MORE]
Blood Clots Forming
A 3rd year undergrad at NYU has developed a gel that can stop bleeding on contact. The [MORE]
Equivital EQ02
Equivital (Cambridge, UK) is the maker of a tandem vital signs sensor consisting of an ingestible “pill” [MORE]
What might be learned from tracking a person’s gait? How rapidly Parkinson’s or arthritis is advancing might be measured; [MORE]
Spiro Smart
Based on sound waves during breathing, engineers at the University of Washington have shown that a smartphone’s microphone can [MORE]
How to Detect Chromosomal Alterations in Plastma
All cancer patients, no matter the primary site, have abnormal chromosomes released from [MORE]
Biologic Battery in the Inner Ear
Since the 1950’s, auditory physiologists have known that vibrations (sound) on the eardrum are [MORE]