
Smart contact lens to combat eye deficiencies
Researchers have developed an artificial iris integrated inside a contact lens that can automatically set the proper pupil size to achieve optimal focus and depth of field.
Researchers have developed an artificial iris integrated inside a contact lens that can automatically set the proper pupil size to achieve optimal focus and depth of field.
Scientists have developed a wearable device that can accurately assess blood loss by measuring seismic vibrations in the chest cavity.
Researchers have developed a 3D printed ingestable capsule that can capture samples throughout the gut and safely transport these outside the body for testing.
Exoskeletons are one technology with great potential - but is often developed for average people. So what about people who are small and thin, or tall and overweight?
Engineers have demonstrated that drug levels inside the body can be tracked in real time using a custom smartwatch that analyzes the chemicals found in sweat.
Using specialized nanoparticles, engineers have developed a way to monitor pneumonia or other lung diseases by analyzing the breath exhaled by the patient.
Researchers are developing a pill-sized capsule that uses AI-enabled sensing to diagnose gastrointestinal cancers and bleeding earlier.
Designer Leah Heiss considers her work as creating “emotional technologies”, i.e. wearable devices based on human-centred design principles. For her, empathy is everything!
According to new research, the Oura smart ring is indeed suitable for detecting COVID-19 infection up to three days before symptoms appear.
Researchers have developed a framework that will help data scientists and other researchers use better digital health tools for clinical purposes.
Researchers developed wirelessly driven ‘smart contact lens’ technology that can detect diabetes and further treat diabetic retinopathy just by wearing them.
Penn State engineers say computational power is key to technology for smart bandages, health tattoos and artificial organs.
Researchers have developed a "smart" contact lens that can show real-time changes in moisture and pressure by altering colors.
Researchers have developed a smart insulin-delivery patch that could one day monitor and manage glucose levels in people with diabetes and deliver the necessary insulin dosage.
Sony Electronics has received clearance for the company's NUCLeUS™ Operating Room, Imaging Management and Collaboration Control platform.
Scientists have developed a contact lens that moisturizes the eye using tears in a reservoir behind the lower eyelid.
Wearables are transforming the ability to monitor and improve health, but a decidedly low-tech commodity—the humble toilet—may have potential to outperform them all.
Bionic breakthrough: Engineers develop computerized bionic leg to help amputees walk faster, easier and with better balance.
Researchers have developed a new smart speaker skill that lets a device use white noise to monitor sleeping babies breathing and movement.
The smart insole can be inserted into a sneaker or dress shoe to passively monitor the foot health of a person living with diabetes.
Scientists have successfully tested neuroprosthetic technology that combines robotic control with users’ voluntary control, opening avenues in the new interdisciplinary field of shared control for neuroprosthetic technologies.
Thanks to bionic prosthesis that features sensors that connect to residual nerves in the thigh, two volunteers are the first above-knee amputees in the world to feel their prosthetic foot and knee in real time.
Research shows that digital phenotyping can provide valuable information to mental health professionals about mental illness symptom severity and relapse.
Greater resolution, sharper images, and more efficient diagnostic processes – this is the promise of an endoscopy capsule developed by Fraunhofer IZM to allow more detailed small intestine diagnostics.
A scientist is working to develop miniature implantable medical devices that sense and communicate wirelessly via sound waves.
Researchers have developed a smart material that can help those with affective disorders, such as anxiety, bi-polar disorder and depression, to monitor their emotions.
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a new tool to monitor people for cardiac arrest while they’re asleep without touching them.
Engineers have shown it is technically possible to guide a tiny robotic capsule inside the colon to take micro-ultrasound images.
The Open-Source Bionic Leg will enable investigators to efficiently solve challenges associated with controlling bionic legs across a range of activities in the lab and out in the community.