One of the insidious aspects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is that in most cases, the damage is not visible. The gold standard for diagnosis is a CT scan, but this is not possible on the battlefield or football field. Medical personnel are generally limited to questionnaires and concussion screening protocols. The US Marine Corps has adopted a new product to help identify … [Read more...]
Implanted Magnets Treat Eyesight Disorder
You may never have heard of "dancing eyes;" the condition affects about one in 400 people, and causes the eyes to go through a rhythmic oscillation in a flickering motion. It has the formal name of nystagmus, and can arise from a variety of causes. It affects the muscles that control eye movement, but a mechanical treatment is difficult because you want to suppress the … [Read more...]
Flexible Design Harvest Heat Energy
In order for Health Tech wearables to become widely adopted, they must be able to go about their duties with a minimum of attention from their users. Having to recharge a device every night is not convenient, especially when you compare it to a typical $25 wristwatch that can run for three years or more on a single coin-style battery. One solution is to harvest energy from the … [Read more...]
Temporary Tattoos Control Electronics [video]
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As wearable Health Tech devices get smaller and smaller, how do you control them? Sure, they may send data wirelessly to an app running on a nearby smartphone, but there are circumstances where you might want to send a command or receive a notification from a device without having to reach for an external device. Researchers at Saarland University in Germany and Google have … [Read more...]
Nano Barcodes Detect Biomarkers
Our bodies are an ever-changing chemical soup, where the amounts of various molecules increase and decrease according to our health and physical condition. These are known as biomarkers, as they can be used to determine the presence of disease or other conditions. The problem is that it's not easy to analyze the contents of a sample, and often requires a large lab filled with … [Read more...]
