Friday, May 4th, 2012
As robots become more common in healthcare and beyond, researchers are increasingly focusing on studying the relationship between them and us. In the future, robots will become more and more visible in our everyday lives. The closest relationship humans will have with robots will most likely take place in healthcare. ...
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Monday, April 23rd, 2012
Technology is rapidly advancing and soon many developments pictured in science fiction movies may become reality. The Star Trek Tricorder and robotic avatars are only two inventions that soon could be part of our everyday lives. Last week, several articles looked at the future of medical technology.
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Monday, April 9th, 2012
A cordless portable device developed at Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems can supply power to medical devices without touching them. The device can be attached to a belt and carried by the user.
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
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Robotics is a growing field in electronic research, but progress is hampered by the time and money it takes to develop a robot and its hardware and software components. And why should scientists have all the fun? A project lead ...
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Friday, March 30th, 2012
European Medical Device Technology and medtechinsider have announced a webcast on the recently published MEDDEV 2.1/6 document addressing when software is regulated under the MDD or IVD directive. The webcast, "Stand-Alone Medical Software: Understanding Compliance," will take place on 24 April at 14:00 London/15:00 Paris and will feature speaker Erik ...
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
Research in robotics tend to focus on making robots as similar to humans as possible. Robots are even supposed to communicate like humans (a recent study looked at how robots can learn to sound more like us). Some researchers are taking a step back and looking for inspiration in animals. ...
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Friday, March 9th, 2012
At the DATE 2012 (Design Automation and Test in Europe) conference, taking place on 12 March in Dresden, Germany, a new design approach for systems-on-chips will be discussed. Ioannis Sourdis, project leader of DeSyRe (On-Demand System Reliability) and Assistant Professor in computer engineering at Chalmers University of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden) ...
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Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Research at Cambridge University could lead to improvements in the manufacturing of microcapsules for drug delivery, according to an article from the Engineer. The researchers created microcapsules that are more susceptible to stimuli, and as a result, they had more control over the release of the drugs. With conventional methods, ...
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
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Psykologifabriken and Hoa's Tool Shop, two Swedish companies, will hold what they say is the world's first Health Hack Day in May in Stockholm. The event aims to make developers aware of the many opportunities in creating apps ...
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
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Research at the University of California, Berkeley may one day help patients unable to speak due to stroke or paralysis. Neuroscientists have decoded electrical activity in the brain's temporal ...
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
A study recently published in the peer-reviewed journal PloS ONE shows that a weak, electrical noise signal may help people with Parkinson's disease. The study was conducted by researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy of University of Gothenburg, Sweden. In experiments on rats, stimulating the balance organs with electrical noise improved ...
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
A new app for burn patients has recently been registered with UK MHRA as a medical device. Mersey Burns is the first app to be registered with the agency as a Class I medical device, according to a blog post on the website of d4, a UK nonprofit organisation.
The app calculates ...
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