Home urine test scanner [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 18, 2016 | General News, Medical

Urine tests with dip strips — or dipsticks as they’re more commonly called — are an excellent example of what appears on the surface to be very simple technology. You just pee in a cup (or a tube if you have particularly good aim) and dip in a small...

Robotic Band Promotes Blood Flow [video]

by Alfred Poor | May 18, 2016 | General News, Health

Our bodies rely on many complex systems, and one of the most important is the circulation of blood. This life-giving fluid delivers oxygen to our cells, while transporting nutrients and wastes in and out of our different tissues. If asked about how this fluid gets...

Tremor Tracking to Help Diagnosis and Treatment [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 17, 2016 | General News, Health

Tremors are more common than you might think. The condition Essential Tremors affects approximately 10 million people in the U.S., according to the American Academy of Neurology. Tremors are also a symptom of a wide range of diseases and conditions including...

Big Data Shows Mobile Therapy Helps Stroke Patients [video]

by Alfred Poor | May 17, 2016 | General News, Medical

The road to recovery for stroke victims or patients who have suffered some other sort of brain injury can be long and arduous. Therapy requires repetition and practice to help patients learn again how to speak or perform other cognitive functions. And it would seem...

Cheaper, safer, and more accurate lung cancer screening

by Bruce Brown | May 16, 2016 | General News, Health

There are 94 million Americans at risk for lung cancer in the U.S., but only 1.6 million are scanned annually, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) statistics cited by a team of Harvard and MIT students. The team formed a startup called...

Origami Robot Unfolds to Perform Procedure [video]

by Alfred Poor | May 16, 2016 | General News, Medical

We all know what robots look like. They are mechanical humanoids with legs and arms and a torso, and they walk stiffly so that we know they aren’t people. But some robots have unusual forms, such as an origami robot that has been created by scientists from...