Tiny Implantable Pump Delivers Drugs

Tiny Implantable Pump Delivers Drugs

A typical postage stamp is about 1.0 inch by 0.9 inches. The Swiss company Debiotech has created a miniature pump that is less than one third that size, and about as thick. This device is designed to be implanted under the skin to deliver drugs — such as insulin...
Tiny Chip Recovers Nanoparticles from Blood

Tiny Chip Recovers Nanoparticles from Blood

Nanoparticles have exciting potential applications in health and medical tasks, from delivering drugs to targeted cells, to monitoring specific toxins or biomarkers in the body. But this then raises the question, how do you monitor these to make sure that they are...
Plastic Film Creates Vibrating Signals

Plastic Film Creates Vibrating Signals

The IDTechEx conference was held in Santa Clara, CA November 18 and 19, 2015, covering a wide range of topics including wearable devices and related technology such as sensors, printed electronics, and energy harvesting. This is one of the many items of interest from...
High Tech Comb Kills Head Lice

High Tech Comb Kills Head Lice

Between 6 and 12 million children suffer from head lice infestations every year in the U.S. alone. They spread through direct contact (lice and their eggs die within a day or two if they fall on the ground), so it’s common for them to affect children in...