“Brain on a Chip” to Speed Drug Research [video]

by Bruce Brown | June 6, 2019 | Enabling Tech

Testing medical technologies, techniques, and treatments on humans present moral, ethical, and legal issues, but without clinical proof, new tech won’t make it out of the development stage. In 2017, we wrote about a Nordis and University of Washington study of...

Smart Cycling Helmet Calls for Help

by Bruce Brown | June 5, 2019 | Health

Smart helmets can protect against injury, track locations, monitor for impact, and more. We wrote about a football helmet that monitors impact severity that could result in traumatic brain injury and a connected motorcycle helmet light that detects falls and...

Flow Headset Seeks NHS Nod for Depression

by Bruce Brown | June 4, 2019 | Medical

Depression is a primary cause of disability globally, according to the World Health Organization, which tallies more than 300 million people suffering from depression worldwide. For a person with clinical depression, the search for an effective pharmaceutical solution...

3D-Printed Models Help Surgeons Plan

by Bruce Brown | June 3, 2019 | Enabling Tech

In the summer of 1985, Alfred Poor and I tested and reviewed the first HP LaserJet printer for the IBM PC. I’m sure neither of us suspected that 34 years later – or ever – we’d write about HP printers turning out 3D color renderings of human...

App-Driven EStim Controls Acute Migraines

by Bruce Brown | May 31, 2019 | Health

Migraine is a neurological disease that affects 12% of the population, worldwide according to the Migraine Research Foundation. Pharmaceutical treatments for migraine range from over-the-counter acetaminophen to antidepressants. We’ve written several times about...

Compression Sleeves Speed Recovery [video]

by Alfred Poor | May 31, 2019 | Health

If you have been admitted to a hospital recently, there’s a good chance that your lower legs got wrapped in plastic contraptions hooked up to a pneumatic device at the foot of your bed. These wraps apply rhythmic pressure to maintain good circulation in your...