by Amantha May | June 14, 2021 | Enabling Tech
When it comes to electronic skin sensors, the name of the game is stretchability. In recent years, researchers have developed a range of solutions for stretchable sensors and other electronics which, when integrated with a flexible substrate, adhere to and move with...
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by Amantha May | June 11, 2021 | Enabling Tech
Are you wearing your smart home hub? A team of engineering researchers at Purdue University have a vision of future smart garments as masterminds that integrate and control every aspect of your life, from your car to home security to health tracking. The research team...
by Amantha May | June 9, 2021 | Enabling Tech, Medical
An Australian researcher at the University of Sydney has developed an electronic, 3-D printed neural interface that can act as an artificial retina. The device could eventually restore visual function in patients with spinal cord injuries or neurodegenerative diseases...
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by Amantha May | June 4, 2021 | Enabling Tech
Tissue engineering may have gotten closer to reality as a clinical solution, thanks to the recent work of biomedical researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia. The research team developed a process for printing tiny, complex...
by Amantha May | May 19, 2021 | Enabling Tech
A man paralyzed from the neck down can now quickly write sentences with his mind, thanks to a brain-computer interface (BCI) developed by Stanford University researchers. The BCI allows the man (a research study participant known as “T5”) to create letters...
by Amantha May | May 7, 2021 | Enabling Tech
When thinking of leading-edge wearable technology, silly putty probably isn’t something that comes to mind. Made from silicone polymers, silly putty interests bioengineers for the same reason it fascinates kids; it’s highly responsive to pressure and stretches all...
