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Issues in Wireless Device Engineering

This piece does not specifically address the low power sensors and wireless networking issues in healthcare (e.g. asset tracking, [MORE]

Stretchable, Wireless Rechargeable Batteries for Wearable Monitors

Stretchable Battery
Two desirable properties of wearable health monitors are a comfortable fit, and wireless rechargability. Electrical engineers at the [MORE]

Pinhead-Size, Wireless, Implantable

The number of implantable medical devices is expanding in both theory and actuality.  But a common limitation is the [MORE]

Designing Devices

Sensimed Triggerfish Contact Lens
Tagline has included earlier reports of electronic contact lenses, but this piece, about Sensimed AG’s (Lausanne, [MORE]

Nanoelectronic Scaffold for Tissue Culture

Cyborg Tissue
The concept of meshing human and nonhuman tissue into “cybernetic organisms” originated with the US space program and [MORE]

Which Bandwidth for Medical Devices?

Many hospital devices, from vital signs monitors to infusion pumps, are now WiFi enabled, and most function on the [MORE]

The Robot in Your Blood

Stanford Wireless Device
“We’re going to see things no one has ever seen before.  Just think about it,” exclaimed “Cora Peterson” [MORE]

Music Powered Implantable Medical Sensor

Implantable Medical Sensor
Who knew that, someday, rap music might power implantable medical sensors?  Researchers at Purdue apparently thought so [MORE]

“Edible” Microchips for Distance Monitoring

Smart Pill Monitor
It is unclear whether Proteus Biomedical’s (Redwood City, CA) “Helius smart pill” has gone on sale in [MORE]

Insight on Medical Wireless Frequencies

The so-called “Great Recession” has deflected innovation from an opportunity the FCC created in 2002-use of ultra wide band [MORE]

New Material for Wearable Devices

If you’ve ever coached a youth sports team, it must have occurred to you how useful it would be [MORE]

Eight Tools for Inventing Medical Devices

Transistor for Plastic Electronics
You might go back and look in your Christmas stocking in case you missed any of [MORE]

“Li-fi” Wireless

There are some 14 billion incandescent light bulbs in use around the world.  Now, suppose these fixtures-in street lamps, [MORE]

A One-Molecule Motor

Molecular Microchip Motor
Keep in mind that there are as many nanoseconds in a second as there are seconds in [MORE]