![Medical MakerSpace for Nurses Opens in Texas [video]](http://healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/09/Nurse-makerspace-150x150.jpg)
The Maker movement is a worldwide phenomenon, as inventors and DIY enthusiasts experiment with 3D printers and microprocessors and other high- and low-technology materials to create novel solutions to problems. This sort of innovation is needed in medical settings, too, which is the reason behind the newly opened MakerHealth Space at the John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, … [Read more...]
Energy Harvesting Powers Lasers for Bone Growth
Light from low-power infrared lasers can help promote bone growth, speeding up healing after bone repairs. One problem is that patients can only spend a limited time getting light treatments in a clinical setting. Wouldn't it be great if you could create a wearable device that would provide the laser treatment all the time as the patient goes through normal daily activities? … [Read more...]
Graphene Doubles Biosensor Sensitivity
AMBER (Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research) is a research center at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. Researchers there have made a discovery that make great improvements in the detection and diagnosis of a wide range of diseases and conditions. They have improved the performance of biosensors through the use of graphene. The team works with surface plasmon … [Read more...]
Printing Silicon on Paper
It is reasonable to claim that the electronics revolution began in 1947 with the discovery of the solid state transistor by Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley at Bell Labs. This led to portable electronics, the integrated circuit, and eventually computer chips. These chips are made on a semiconductor substrate of solid crystal silicon. We have since found ways to create amorphous … [Read more...]
Bike Light Projects Your Presence [video]
![Bike Light Projects Your Presence [video]](http://healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/02/Blaze-Laserlight-150x150.jpg)
The Blaze Laserlight is not strictly a wearable, though I suppose you could strap it onto your bike helmet instead of your handlebars if you wanted. And it's not really a Health Tech device, except in the preventative sense; it is designed to help cyclists avoid collisions and the injuries that would likely result from such impacts. The Laserlight looks a lot like bicycle … [Read more...]
