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Mouthpiece that Measures Potential Head Injury

Fitguard
According to CDC figures, there are some 3.8m sports related concussion injuries annually, mostly among youth players. But, in fact, [MORE]

Graphene Coated Rubber Bands as Wearable Heart Rate Sensors

Graphene Rubber Band Sensor Monitor
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Surry have embedded graphene into rubber bands [MORE]

Vital Signs Monitoring at 2-Minute Intervals

Sensiuvitals
Satirist Dorothy Parker once said she pressed the hospital’s nurse call button whenever she wanted to be alone for an [MORE]

G. I. Tract Acoustical Monitoring after Surgery

Acoustical GI Biosensor
Gastrointestinal tract sounds may be a new vital sign.  Rumbling in the intestines may indicate post-operative ileus, irritable [MORE]

Bruise Trousers

Bruise Trousers
In developing sporting equipment for Paralympic athletes, a group of engineering students at Imperial College London created lycra trousers [MORE]

A Very Smart Bandage

Electronic Skin Patch
Researchers at Seoul National University have created a skin patch with flexible electronics that can detect body [MORE]

“Dead Reckoning” Navigation System

9 Axis Sensored Glasses
If a personal navigation system, in the form of sensored glasses, aims at “dead reckoning” accuracy, it [MORE]

Sensored Belt Allows Continuous ECG Monitoring for Two Weeks

EKG Monitor
Based on developing “dry” electrodes, which do not need a gel to transmit a heartbeat pulse to an [MORE]

Soft “Exosuit” for Physical Rehab

Softexosuit
“Biologically inspired engineers” at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have developed a soft exosuit that functions to assist gait rehabilitation.  [MORE]