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by Alfred Poor | July 26, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
The human body comes with few spare parts, and unlike some other animals, we’re not generally able to regrow a part that has become damaged or lost. We’ve been working on creating functional replacements for centuries (think of George Washington’s...
by Alfred Poor | July 6, 2016 | General News, Medical
Modern medicine routinely performs miracles, swapping body parts and connecting machines to assist with essential functions when the patient’s body can’t perform them on its own. But there are limitations. For example, consider procedures that involve...
by Alfred Poor | April 28, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
Grace Kabelenga was born in 2008 in Zambia with what was described as severe craniofacial deformities, but that is an understatement. The bones in the middle of her face were missing, as well as large portions of her skull and the bones that separate her brain from...
by Alfred Poor | April 9, 2015 | Medical
When we think of wearable health technology, we often think of digital electronics and other complicated gizmos. But the technology can be much simpler and passive, and yet have a profound impact on the lives of people. For example, consider a new material developed...
by Alfred Poor | September 3, 2014 | Medical
There’s no electronics here, but it’s a story about a whole new kind of wearable Health Tech device. It is widely reported that doctors at Peking University Third Hospital in Beijing have inserted a fabricated spinal implant in a 12 year old patient. What...
