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Wi-Vi Movement Tracking

Wi Vi
“Wi-Vi’ means wireless vision, and videos with this piece show how it can be used to monitor an [MORE]

Diagnostic Pills and Medication Hybrids

Proteus Sensor Enabled Pills
Diagnostic pills—some containing cameras, others with sensors—could serve many needs in healthcare, perhaps none more so than [MORE]

Sanitizing Hospital Door Handles

Door Handle Sanitizer
Hospital acquired infections happen at a rate of one in twenty five in-patients.  Since insurers no longer [MORE]

A Paper Strip for Diagnosing Cancer

Paper Diagnostic for Cancer
It’s not surprising that most of cancer mortality occurs in the developing world; that’s where human populations [MORE]

Surgical Glue for Beating Hearts

Glue interdigitates with collagen fibers
Slugs have at least one admirable quality—their viscous fluid can form strong bonds under water.  [MORE]

3-D Printable Protein Cages for Bacterial Zoos

3-D Printed Cages
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have used 3-D printing to fabricate protein cages in [MORE]

Harvesting Stem Cells, Post Mortem

Pasteur Institute
The 1981 Uniform Determination of Death Act made whole brain death the definition of death itself in the [MORE]

Vinton Cerf’s Concept of “Digital Vellum”

Vinton Cerf
Remember Sony’s “Betamax,” or for that matter, remember the JVC’s  “VHS” cassetts?  Today, many families have boxes of [MORE]

Synthetic ECM Gel Instantly Stops Bleeding

Blood Clots Forming
A 3rd year undergrad at NYU has developed a gel that can stop bleeding on contact.  The [MORE]

Pill for Remote Sensing of Vital SIgns

Equivital EQ02
Equivital (Cambridge, UK) is the maker of a tandem vital signs sensor consisting of an ingestible “pill” [MORE]

“Reading” Your Gait

What might be learned from tracking a person’s gait?  How rapidly Parkinson’s or arthritis is advancing might be measured; [MORE]

Smartphone Spirometer for Lung Health

Spiro Smart
Based on sound waves during breathing, engineers at the University of Washington have shown that a smartphone’s microphone can [MORE]

Hopkins’ Cancer Blood Test Strategy

How to Detect Chromosomal Alterations in Plastma
All cancer patients, no matter the primary site, have abnormal chromosomes released from [MORE]

A Buzz in Your Ear; Powering Devices

Biologic Battery in the Inner Ear
Since the 1950’s, auditory physiologists have known that vibrations (sound) on the eardrum are [MORE]