by Alfred Poor | November 29, 2016 | General News, Medical
One of the most useful types of technology in medicine is the kind that lets doctors look inside the human body. X-rays images are one of the most familiar, but ultrasound and other methods are also used. There is growing interest in “terahertz” imaging...
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by Bruce Brown | November 24, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Nylon fiber has a new powerful new application; it can be used to make artificial muscle fibers, according to the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering. Muscles expand and contract and previous artificial muscles do that as well. Real muscles, however, also bend,...
by Alfred Poor | October 28, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Almost all wearable Health Tech devices require some form of power in order to operate. For the vast majority, this power must be in the form of an electrical current. When it comes to delivering electricity to a device that is not plugged in, the most common solution...
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by Alfred Poor | September 9, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
If you’re a technology dweeb, you might well recognize the names Shockley, Brattain, and Bardeen. They are the three scientists at Bell Labs who invented the transistor in 1947. This simple device used an electrical signal to control the flow of electricity in a...
by Alfred Poor | September 1, 2016 | Enabling Tech
In order to make a robot limb — or powered prosthetic — move, you need to have an actuator of some sort: something to apply force that will create motion. Common solutions rely on hydraulics (liquid pumps), pneumatics (air pumps), or electric motors. These...
