AI measures fat around heart to predict diabetes
Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence tool that is able to automatically measure the amount of fat around the heart from MRI scan images.
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Diabetology 4.0: emerging technologies for diabetes care
This overview introduces smart insulin delivery systems and more innovations that help patients and doctors guide decision-making in diabetes care.
Integrate micro chips for electronic skin
First fully integrated flexible electronics made of magnetic sensors and organic circuits opens the path towards the development of electronic skin.
Artificial skin could help enhance rehabilitation
Scientists have developed a soft artificial skin that provides haptic feedback and has the potential to instantaneously adapt to a wearer’s movements.
Digital twin for personalized therapies
Virtual doppelgangers could one day revolutionize medicine: Researchers are developing a digital twin, which should facilitate the development of personalized therapies.
ReSkin helps to discover a sense of touch
Carnegie Mellon University and Meta AI (formerly Facebook AI) want to increase the sense of touch in robotics, wearables, smart clothing and AI.
Wearables must demonstrate efficacy in respiratory care
Wearables are becoming a trend in respiratory care and many products are being developed to monitor patients remotely. But how much can these tools really help clinicians?
Electronic skin – the next generation of wearables
Electronic skins will play a significant role in monitoring, personalized medicine, prosthetics, and robotics.
High-tech clothing supports breathing
“Robotic” textiles could help patients recovering from postsurgery breathing changes.
Converting human body motions into electricity
Bioengineers have invented a novel soft and flexible self-powered bioelectronic device that converts human body motions into electricity.
Bionic arm restores natural behaviors in patients
A first-of-its-kind bionic arm for patients with upper-limb amputations allows wearers to think, behave and function like a person without an amputation.
Beetle inspired skin crawling treatment for acne
Scientists have invented a smart device for personalized skin care modeled after the male diving beetle.
Controlling prosthetic limbs with the help of magnets
Researchers have inserted small magnetic beads into muscle tissue within an amputated residuum for more precise control of prosthetic limbs.
Sensor material powers wearables in extreme cold
A new material that combines the flexibility of human skin with improved conductivity and tolerance of temperatures as low as -93 C.
AI assesses metastatic potential in skin cancers
Using a deep learning algorithm, researchers have developed a way to accurately predict which skin cancers are highly metastatic.
Tuning collagen threads for biohybrid robots
Researchers are taking steps to incorporate actual muscles or neurons into a robotic system.
Sweat-proof e-skin takes reliable vitals
Engineers have developed a sweat-proof “smart skin” — a conformable, sensor-embedded sticky patch that reliably monitors a person’s health.
Deep learning predicts viral infections
Using fluoresence images from live cells, researchers have trained an artificial neural network to reliably recognize cells that are infected by adenoviruses or herpes viruses.
Bruisable artificial skin could help robots sense injuries
Researchers have developed an artificial skin that senses force through ionic signals and also changes color from yellow to a bruise-like purple, providing a visual cue that damage has occurred.
When the robot smiles back
Researchers use AI to teach robots to make appropriate reactive human facial expressions, an ability that could build trust between humans and their robotic co-workers and care-givers.
Smart foam for smart robots
New creation could give machines human-like sense of touch to better judge human intentions and respond to changes in the environment
Wearable biofuel cells produce electricity from lactate
Scientists have developed and tested a wearable biofuel cell array that generates electric power from the lactate in the wearer's sweat, opening doors to electronic health monitoring powered by bodily fluids.
Tattoo made of gold nanoparticles for diagnostics
Scientists have developed a novel type of implantable sensor which can be operated in the body for several months to transmit information on vital values and concentrations of substances or drugs in the body.
Synthetic mucins mimic the structure of naturally occurring mucins
Researchers have created polymers that replicate the structure of mucins, the molecules that give mucus its unique antimicrobial properties.
Xenobots 2.0: The next generation of living robots
Researchers have created life forms that self-assemble a body from single cells and do not require muscle cells to move. They're faster, live longer, and can now record information.
Smart textiles measure your movements
Researchers have developed clothing that uses special fibers to sense a person's movement via touch.
Smart speakers contactlessly monitors heart rhythms
Researchers have developed system for smart speakers to monitor both regular and irregular heartbeats without physical contact.
Decentralized patient monitoring: Sensors quickly detect changes in vital signs
The Fraunhofer Institutes project M³Infekt aims to develop a multi-modal, modular and mobile system of sensors for monitoring infectious diseases.
Sensor for robots mimicks skin characteristics
Researchers have developed a new soft tactile sensor with skin-comparable characteristics.
AI identifies 'ugly ducklings' to catch skin cancer
Deep learning-based system enables dermatologist-level identification of suspicious skin lesions from smartphone photos, allowing better screening.
Artificial skin brings robots closer to 'touching' human lives
Researchers have constructed a 3D vision-guided artificial skin that enables tactile sensing with high performance, opening doors to innumerable applications in medicine.
3D printed smart gel changes shape
Engineers have created a 3D printed smart gel that changes shape when exposed to light and becomes an "artificial muscle".
Computer simulation will accelerate development of 'smart robots'
Experts working at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and physics-based simulation share how computer simulation could accelerate the development of "smart robots" which "might interact with humans"
A smooth interaction between humans and robots?
Making eye contact with a robot may have the same effect on people as eye contact with another person - interaction between humans and humanoid robots could be surprisingly smooth.
Opening the ‘black box’ of AI
AI is growing ever more powerful and entering people’s daily lives, yet often we don’t know what goes on inside these systems.
E-skin has a strong future stretching ahead
A material that mimics human skin in strength, stretchability and sensitivity could be used to collect biological data in real time.
More skin-like, e-skin that can feel
Researchers developed a multimodal ion-electronic skin that distinguishes temperature from mechanical stimuli.
E-skin: recyclable alternative to wearables?
A wearable electronic device that’s 'really wearable” - a stretchy and fully-recyclable circuit board - can heal itself, much like real skin.
A flexible and highly reliable sensor
A novel e-skin, called TRACE, performs five times better than conventional soft materials. It is suitable for measuring blood flow for pulse diagnosis and helping robots to 'feel' the texture of surfaces.
Mini-brains help robots recognise pain
Using a brain-inspired approach, scientists have developed a way for robots to have the AI to recognise pain and to self-repair when damaged.
'Biases’: AI’s limitations in coronavirus response
AI is playing a key role in the Covid-19 response, but it could also be exacerbating inequalities within our health systems – a critical concern that is dragging the technology’s limitations back into the spotlight.
Electronic skin reacts to pain like human skin
Researchers have developed electronic artificial skin that reacts to pain just like real skin, opening the way to better prosthetics, smarter robotics and non-invasive alternatives to skin grafts.
Exoskeleton research marches forward
Researchers developed a new measurement method to test whether an exoskeleton and the person wearing it are moving smoothly and in harmony.
AI system for recognition of hand gestures
Scientists have developed an AI system that recognises hand gestures by combining skin-like electronics with computer vision.
Progress in capture of biosignals for EEG
New electrode technology and AI analytics solve challenges in neurological emergency, acute and intensive care medicine.
A robotic skin with a sense of touch
Scientists have developed a sensory integrated artificial brain system that mimics biological neural networks, which can run on a power-efficient neuromorphic processor.
Artificial skin makes robots sweat and heals wound
Researchers have developed a smart surface that can actively and repeatedly release and reabsorb substances by environmental stimuli.
Huge potential of human - AI collaboration
AI is increasingly being used in medicine to support human expertise. A study has now illustrated the enormous potential of human/computer collaboration.
Ultrasonic sensors for postoperative bladder monitoring
The Fraunhofer IBMT is developing the miniaturized ultrasound system for automated monitoring of bladder irrigation.
3D printing sensors on expanding organs
Scientists have developed a 3D printing technique that could have future applications in diagnosing and monitoring the lungs of patients with COVID-19.
The concept of creating a 'brain-on-a-chip'
Scientists have proposed the concept of a memristive neurohybrid chip to be used in compact biosensors and neuroprostheses.
Breast cancer: restoring sensation via implant
The Bionic Breast Project from the University of Chicago applies bionic technology to restore post-mastectomy breast function.
Wearable tracks COVID-19 key symptoms
Researchers have developed a wearable device to catch early signs and symptoms associated with COVID-19 and to monitor patients as the illness progresses.
Skin-like sensors bring a human touch to wearable tech
Researchers have developed a super-stretchy, transparent and self-powering sensor that records the complex sensations of human skin.
Wearable brain-machine interface could control a wheelchair
Combining new wearable electronics and a deep learning algorithm could help disabled people wirelessly interact with a computer.
Artificial skin improves sensory ability of robots
Sensitive synthetic skin enables robots to sense their own bodies and surroundings – a crucial capability if they are to be in close contact with people.
E-glove makes prosthetics more humanlike
An electronic glove, or e-glove, can be worn over a prosthetic hand to provide humanlike softness, warmth, appearance and sensory perception.
A wearable device for brain monitoring
Researchers have created a wearable technology that monitors brain activity and sends back data without benching a player or asking a trucker to pull over.
Using AI in the fight against river blindness
Researchers want to develop a method in which artificial intelligence automatically evaluates tissue samples from patients under the microscope.
‘Bone in a dish’ to explore disease processes
Like real bone, the material has a 3D mineral structure populated with living cells, providing a unique model to study bone function, diseases, regeneration.
Sound waves could bring us smarter medical implants
A scientist is working to develop miniature implantable medical devices that sense and communicate wirelessly via sound waves.
Exceptional sensitive e-skin for prosthetics
Researchers have developed an e-skin that may soon have a sense of touch equivalent to, or better than, the human skin with the Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin (ACES).
Artificial skin could aid wound healing
Researchers have devised a fabric dressing which could improve wound recovery for patients suffering from burns or skin grafts.
3D printed baby dummy for resuscitation training
A researcher developed a 3D printed baby dummy, based on an MRI scan of a real newborn baby, which could improve the training of the reanimation procedure.
In emergencies: AI can improve X-ray identification of pacemakers
Researchers have created new AI software that can identify cardiac rhythm devices in x-rays more accurately and quickly than current methods.
First sentient hand prosthesis implanted
A female Swedish patient with hand amputation has become the first recipient of an osseo-neuromuscular implant to control a dexterous hand prosthesis.
A wireless biodegradable blood flow sensor
Transforming super-sensitive touch sensors, engineers and medical researchers build a way to wirelessly monitor blood flow after surgery.
Could an AI predict a healthy old age?
Researchers analyze skin cells from mre than 100 people of different ages to find molecular signatures that change as people get older.
AI and IoMT spur healthcare industry growth
AI, Big Data, wearables and sensor technologies are driving the growth of smart hospitals and assisting with the home healthcare sector.
3D printing your ‘bionic eye’
Researchers have fully 3D printed an image sensing array on a hemisphere, which is a first-of-its-kind prototype for a “bionic eye.”
Organic printing inks may restore sight to blind people
Researchers are developing a simple retinal prosthesis that could restore sight to blind people. Fabricated using cheap and widely-available organic pigments used in printing inks and cosmetics, it consists of tiny pixels like a digital camera sensor on a nanometric scale.