Introducing the Improving Lives with Digital Healthcare Series: Modern biomedical instruments enhanced by the latest digital technologies can make healthcare more accessible, personalized, and proactive.
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The new computer model accurately predicts the behavior of millions of microbial communities from hundreds of experiments, an advance toward precision medicine.
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By recreating the helical structure of heart muscles, researchers improve understanding of how the heart beats
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In this episode, we talk about how advancements in wearables and food packaging technology will lead to a healthier and more sustainable future for us all.
As the University Technology Exposure Program 2022 enters its final month, we continue to receive submissions spanning different domains of technology. Submissions published in June included articles related to healthcare, electric vehicles, data analytics, smart cities, and smart manufacturing.
Piction Health, founded by Susan Conover SM ’15, uses machine learning to help physicians identify and manage skin disease.
Inspired by battlefield medicine, this antimicrobial food wrap could reduce food waste and foodborne illness
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Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a prototype of such a wearable that can continuously monitor several health stats.
In this episode, we talk about how engineers inspired by some of biology’s most miniature wonders (like dandelions' seeds and microorganisms' cilia) are using their knowledge to make major breakthroughs in biosensing, robotics, biomedical engineering, and more.
Penn State-led researchers develop first artificial skin to maintain cognitive characteristics when deformed.
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According to research from analyst GWI, while consumers still consider fitness tracking the leading reason for owning a wearable, nearly half of all owners also expect their wearable to monitor their health.
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The advance allows the particles to be placed deeper within biological tissue, which could aid with cancer diagnosis or monitoring.
A team of EPFL engineers has developed a 3D-printing method that uses light to make objects out of opaque resin in a matter of seconds. Their breakthrough could have promising applications in the biomedical industry, such as to make artificial arteries.
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Working closely with users and therapists, EPFL spin-off Emovo Care has developed a light and easy-to-attach hand exoskeleton for people unable to grasp objects following a stroke or accident. The device has been successfully tested in several hospitals and rehabilitation centers.
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Han Dirkx is passionate about mental well-being and the desire to create a stress-free society for everyone. He firmly believes inner peace creates outer peace: when you feel well mentally, not only do you benefit, but so do the people – and the world – around you.
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