Wearable MRI Under Development [video]

Wearable MRI Under Development [video]

by | July 7, 2017 | General News, Medical

If you’ve never had the pleasure of an MRI scan, as a veteran of several sessions, let me tell you what it’s like. They put you on a platform that slides you into the heart of a giant metal donut, where you have to lie perfectly still. During the scan, it...
3D Printing Helps Regrow Nerves [video]

3D Printing Helps Regrow Nerves [video]

by | September 23, 2015 | Medical

Nerve injuries are incredibly difficult to repair. Regrowth of nerve tissue is complex, and getting the right connections made makes recovery from injury or disease very rare. Researchers may have come up with an approach to solve this problem. Scientists used a...
Eye Cover for Visually Impaired [video]

Eye Cover for Visually Impaired [video]

by | August 13, 2015 | Medical

When you think about it, a contact lens is really a prosthetic device. It’s an object that we put on a part of the human body to help it function better. But some patients with limited vision need much more than a contact lens. They need a device that can...
Ultrasound Imaging for the Masses?

Ultrasound Imaging for the Masses?

by | November 7, 2014 | Health, Medical

Disintermediation. Miniaturization. Commoditization. Big words for big concepts, but the simple fact is that technology has made devices smaller, faster, and more affordable that let the average person perform tasks that used to require trained technical staff and...