by Alfred Poor | May 11, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
If you want a wearable sensor to be convenient and require no interaction on your part, perhaps the best place to “wear” it is inside your body. Continuous glucose meters (CGMs) insert a tiny needle under your skin in order to measure glucose levels around...
by Bruce Brown | May 10, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
In less than a decade, 3D printing technology has leaped forward from printing crude, inch-high plastic game pieces to much larger scale projects such as components for yachts, aircraft, and race cars. Biomedical 3D printed applications now range from assistive...
by Alfred Poor | May 10, 2018 | General News, Medical
“If I could read your mind.” Scientists seek better and better tools to help them understand what’s going on in a person’s brain under different conditions. The problem is that most brain scanning technologies require that the subject remain...
by Bruce Brown | May 9, 2018 | General News, Medical
Diabetes can lead to nerve damage in the feet, an unwelcome but not uncommon related condition called diabetic neuropathy. Significant complications can result from having no feeling in your feet; the worst and most dreaded of which is lower limb amputation....
by Alfred Poor | May 9, 2018 | General News, Medical
When an infectious disease outbreak occurs, time is of the essence. Health officials need to trace the vectors of the infection and take measures to contain the spread of the contagion. One disease that falls into this category is the infamous Legionnaire’s,...
by Alfred Poor | May 8, 2018 | General News, Medical
The holy grail for some wearable developers is a non-invasive and reliable means of measuring blood glucose levels. Researchers are working on optical sensors and other systems to achieve this. In the meantime, an intermediate solution may be readily available....