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Stem Cell-Derived Pituitary Gland

This is one of those things that is almost inconceivable until it happens: scientists at Japan’s RIKEN Center for Developmental [MORE]

Ultrasound Activated Pacemaker

Startup company, EBR Systems (Sunnyvale, CA) is developing a new generation of pacemakers that rely on ultrasound signaling rather [MORE]

Possibilities for Touch Sensors

Touch-screen devices rely on a phenomenon known as time domain reflectometry, which occurs when there is a change in [MORE]

Meet “Elizabeth,” the Simulated Nurse

Researchers at Northeastern University have figured out how to leap the chasm between electronic information exchange and real person [MORE]

Viruses as Tissue Scaffold

Bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a process of assembling bacteriophage on glass to create scaffolds [MORE]

Innovations from the Health 2.0 Meeting

Remember how your mother nagged you about standing straight?  Now there’s a sensor device, “Lumoback,” that vilbrates if you [MORE]

Monitoring BP With Your Smart Phone

Researchers at the University of Southern California’s Center for Body Computing and St. Luke’s Hospital are working on an [MORE]

Sensored Under Armour

Read this piece thinking not about performance athletes but of people in need of distance monitoring-e.g. CHF patients discharged from [MORE]

Holographic Microscopy

Swiss scientists, at the Brain-Mind Institute in Lausanne, have used laser light to show change in neurons based on [MORE]

Robotic Assistants

Telepresence robots have had limited use to date, in part because Wi-Fi and cellular services have restricted connectivity.  But, [MORE]

Nanofiber Material Simulates VEGF

Using an injectable liquid that contains nanoparticles engineered to mimic vascular endothelial growth factor, researchers at Northwestern University’s Institute [MORE]

Electronic Tattoos for Biomonitoring

Materials Science professor John Rogers, at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, has developed a flexible, stretchable thin silicon patch [MORE]

Nanosensor Tattoos

By designing polymer nanoparticles that contain a capture molecule, a charge neutralizing molecule and a fluorescent dye, researchers at [MORE]

Semi-Conductor Based Sequencing

Earlier this year, Tagline carried a story about “desktop sequencing” based on Ion Torrent’s semi-conductor approach which detects DNA [MORE]

“Homeplus” Virtual Grocery Shopping

It’s not surprising that hospitals are searching for ideas that create new revenue streams, in the face of declining [MORE]

24/7 BP Monitor

Sleep and Blood Pressure Have an Interesting Relationship. Normally, a person’s BP drops to its lowest level [MORE]

Nanopore Chip for DNA Sequencing

IBM may have pioneered nanopore technology, but other companies have advanced the field or found alternatives to faster DNA [MORE]

Social Acceptability of Medical Smart Cards

This is an interesting story about cultural contrasts.  In Europe, where identify cards have existed long enough for people [MORE]

“Quantified Self Confidence”

This wristwatch-like band from Basis Technology (San Fransciso, CA) monitors heart rate, calories burned, physical activity and sleep, [MORE]

Something You Might Not Notice: Invisibility Cloaks

Sometimes, invention is the mother of necessity.  In this case, researchers led by Professor John Rogers at the University [MORE]