Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden AG (ZMD AG) has launched the ZWIR4512, a low-power wireless data communication module for sensors and other small devices. ZMD AG implements full data networking based on the IPv6 Internet Protocol. It integrates a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 processor with a complete communications software solution and an integrated ...
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Thursday, March 10th, 2011
A newly developed surgical tool could dramatically reduce the time needed to map electrical problems in the heart, according to a Technology Review article by Katherine Bourzac. The tool, an inflatable catheter with stretchable, biocompatible silicon electronics, was developed by John Rogers, cofounder of the startup MC10 and professor at the ...
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Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
Conductive polymers are plastic materials with high electrical conductivity that could revolutionise a range of products including biomedical sensors. A team of McGill University researchers now reports how to visualise and study the process of energy transport along one single conductive polymer molecule at a ...
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Monday, September 13th, 2010
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Scientists at Stanford University have developed a pressure sensors for artificial skin for use on prosthetic limbs or robots that can detect slight sensations. By sandwiching a precisely moulded, elastic rubber ...
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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
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A new technology enabling tiny machines known as micro electromechanical systems to "self-calibrate" could enable the development of highly precise sensors for applications ...
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
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Graduate students at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, USA, have developed a sensor-based cervical ring that could pick up very early signs that a woman ...
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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
[caption id="attachment_15865" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Researchers have developed acoustic fibres with flat surfaces such as those shown here, as well as fibres with circular cross sections. The flat fibres could prove useful in acoustic imaging devices. Image courtesy: Greg Hren Photograph/MIT."][/caption]
MIT professor Yoel Fink has announced plans to develop fibres that ...
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
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From the Wire: Organic semiconductors are promising candidates as starting materials for the manufacture of cheap, large area and flexible electronic ...
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
Sensors that can detect a heartbeat up to a metre away are now a reality thanks to a team of scientists at the University of Sussex. The electric potential sensors are said to be the first electrical sensors that can detect precisely the electrical activity of the heart without direct resistive ...
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Monday, June 7th, 2010
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Researchers ...
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
[caption id="attachment_11760" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Chemical engineering graduate student Byung Hwan Chu displays a new sensor that could enable diabetics to measure glucose levels in their breath, replacing the finger prick method in wide use today. Image courtesy of University of Florida."][/caption]
A tiny new sensor could provide inexpensive diagnosis and treatment ...
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Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Scientists at Tufts University are working to build implantable, biodegradable optical sensors out of silk. "We are taking the native material from the coccoons and reforming it into clear optical materials," explains Fiorenzo Omenetto, associate professor of biomedical engineering and physics at Tufts. The strongest known natural fibre, silk is ...
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