Tiny, Injectable Stimulator Fights Pain

Tiny, Injectable Stimulator Fights Pain

by | December 2, 2014 | Medical

For patients living with chronic pain, spinal chord stimulatiom (SCS) can provide relief by providing small electrical currents to the spine. Traditionally, these devices have been connected by wires to batteries, often requiring lengthy surgical procedures. Stimwave...
Prosthetic Hand Restores Sense of Touch [video]

Prosthetic Hand Restores Sense of Touch [video]

by | November 13, 2014 | Medical

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a system that allows a patient to feel objects in his prosthetic hand. In partnership with the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dustin Pyler leads a seven-member team that is working...
Coffee, Tea, or Thync?

Coffee, Tea, or Thync?

by | October 13, 2014 | Health

Pop quiz: It’s 3:20 in the afternoon. It’s a busy day at the office, and you’re hitting the wall. And you’ve got another deadly staff meeting coming up in ten minutes. What do you reach for? A cup of strong coffee? A sweet treat to spike your...
Flexible Fabric Conducts Electricity [video]

Flexible Fabric Conducts Electricity [video]

by | September 29, 2014 | Enabling Tech

Scientists from the Institute of Textiles and Clothing at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China have developed a new way to create flexible and stretchable devices. As published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society,  they have developed computerized...