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by Bruce Brown | March 15, 2021 | Medical
Retinal implants hold great promise for people with severe vision impairment including blindness. We’ve covered several retinal implant technology developments. For example, Oxford University’s Department of Chemistry created biological synthetic soft...
by Bruce Brown | July 14, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Smart clothing, smart fabrics, and smart yarns have great potential for a wide range of wearable applications. If your shirt can track vital signs data and your pants can monitor your workouts, you don’t need separate wearable devices. We’ve written in the...
by Bruce Brown | September 18, 2019 | Enabling Tech
The current opioid abuse epidemic has created strong interest in pain management solutions that do not require drugs. The fact remains that some situations still may be best addressed using medications. Researchers at Switzerland’s Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale...
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by Bruce Brown | March 1, 2019 | Enabling Tech
In the past five years, we’ve written about a wide range of robotic technology healthcare applications. From expressive robots that help autistic kids learn, smart home robots that assist seniors with daily living tasks, and robotic nurse assistants, to AI...
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by Bruce Brown | November 7, 2018 | General News, Medical
Physical therapists and sports trainers primarily use neurostimulation to reduce pain and augment rehabilitation. The CDC keeps a running section on the ScienceDirect website with articles about external and implanted neurostimulators. Medical professionals...
