Press ReleaseCell Models Mimicking Natural Tissue TopographyThe combination of a 2-Photon 3D-printer with an innovative hydrogel-based bioink allows the direct printing of 3D structures containing living cells at both the meso- and microscale.
Global Biotechnology InsightsApr 16, 2021Tiny Wireless Implant Detects Oxygen Deep Within the BodyEngineers have created a tiny wireless implant that can provide real-time measurements of tissue oxygen levels deep underneath the skin. The device, which is smaller than the average ladybug and powered by ultrasound waves, could help doctors monitor the health of transplanted organs or tissue and provide an early warning of potential transplant failure.
Global Biotechnology InsightsApr 15, 2021Surgical Sutures Inspired by Human TendonsSutures are used to close wounds and speed up the natural healing process, but they can also complicate matters by causing damage to soft tissues with their stiff fibers. To remedy the problem, researchers have developed innovative tough gel sheathed sutures inspired by the human tendon.
IDTechEx Research SubscribersBattery Elimination in Healthcare DevicesIn healthcare, the need to eliminate batteries is particularly acute. It ranges from life threatening battery failures and invasive surgical procedures to place and replace them to the need to provide healthcare where batteries are unavailable or unaffordable.
Global Biotechnology InsightsApr 14, 2021Smarty-Pants: Could Intelligent Underwear Improve Your Life?It is not uncommon to have a favorite bra, or a lucky pair of pants. Now, innovations in E-Textiles and Smart Clothing have taken this phenomenon to the next level. Imagine a pair of pants that can play your party playlist when you get too sad, or a bra that can turn down the thermostat when your indoor workout raises your temperature.
Global Biotechnology InsightsApr 12, 2021Elon Musk's Neuralink Taught a Monkey to Play Pong With its MindNeuralink is developing a fully-implanted, wireless, high-channel count brain-machine interface with the goal of enabling people with paralysis to directly use their neural activity to operate computers and mobile devices with speed and ease.
Global Biotechnology InsightsApr 13, 2021Progress with Smart Hearing AidsResearchers have succeeded for the first time in measuring brain waves directly via a cochlear implant. These brainwaves indicate in an objective way how good or bad a person's hearing is. The research results are important for the further development of smart hearing aids.
Global Biotechnology InsightsApr 9, 2021First Human Use of High Bandwidth Wireless Brain Computer InterfaceBrain-computer interfaces are an emerging assistive technology, enabling people with paralysis to type on computer screens or manipulate robotic prostheses just by thinking about moving their own bodies. For years, investigational BCIs used in clinical trials have required cables to connect the sensing array in the brain to computers that decode the signals and use them to drive external devices.
Global Biotechnology InsightsApr 8, 2021Screening for Skin Disease on Your LaptopIn artificial intelligence, deep learning organizes algorithms into layers (the artificial neural network) that can make its own intelligent decisions. To speed up the learning process, the new network was trained using the parameters of MobileNetV2, a mobile vision application, pre-trained on the ImageNet dataset with 1.4M images.
Global Biotechnology InsightsApr 7, 2021Scientists Create the Next Generation of Living RobotsLast year, a team of biologists and computer scientists created novel, tiny self-healing biological machines from frog cells called "Xenobots" that could move around, push a payload, and even exhibit collective behavior in the presence of a swarm of other Xenobots. The same team has now created life forms that self-assemble a body from single cells, do not require muscle cells to move, and even demonstrate the capability of recordable memory.
Press ReleaseCell Models Mimicking Natural Tissue TopographyThe combination of a 2-Photon 3D-printer with an innovative hydrogel-based bioink allows the direct printing of 3D structures containing living cells at both the meso- and microscale.
Global Biotechnology InsightsApr 15, 2021Surgical Sutures Inspired by Human TendonsSutures are used to close wounds and speed up the natural healing process, but they can also complicate matters by causing damage to soft tissues with their stiff fibers. To remedy the problem, researchers have developed innovative tough gel sheathed sutures inspired by the human tendon.
Global Biotechnology InsightsApr 14, 2021Smarty-Pants: Could Intelligent Underwear Improve Your Life?It is not uncommon to have a favorite bra, or a lucky pair of pants. Now, innovations in E-Textiles and Smart Clothing have taken this phenomenon to the next level. Imagine a pair of pants that can play your party playlist when you get too sad, or a bra that can turn down the thermostat when your indoor workout raises your temperature.
Global Biotechnology InsightsApr 13, 2021Progress with Smart Hearing AidsResearchers have succeeded for the first time in measuring brain waves directly via a cochlear implant. These brainwaves indicate in an objective way how good or bad a person's hearing is. The research results are important for the further development of smart hearing aids.
Global Biotechnology InsightsApr 8, 2021Screening for Skin Disease on Your LaptopIn artificial intelligence, deep learning organizes algorithms into layers (the artificial neural network) that can make its own intelligent decisions. To speed up the learning process, the new network was trained using the parameters of MobileNetV2, a mobile vision application, pre-trained on the ImageNet dataset with 1.4M images.
Global Biotechnology InsightsApr 16, 2021Tiny Wireless Implant Detects Oxygen Deep Within the BodyEngineers have created a tiny wireless implant that can provide real-time measurements of tissue oxygen levels deep underneath the skin. The device, which is smaller than the average ladybug and powered by ultrasound waves, could help doctors monitor the health of transplanted organs or tissue and provide an early warning of potential transplant failure.
IDTechEx Research SubscribersBattery Elimination in Healthcare DevicesIn healthcare, the need to eliminate batteries is particularly acute. It ranges from life threatening battery failures and invasive surgical procedures to place and replace them to the need to provide healthcare where batteries are unavailable or unaffordable.
Global Biotechnology InsightsApr 12, 2021Elon Musk's Neuralink Taught a Monkey to Play Pong With its MindNeuralink is developing a fully-implanted, wireless, high-channel count brain-machine interface with the goal of enabling people with paralysis to directly use their neural activity to operate computers and mobile devices with speed and ease.
Global Biotechnology InsightsApr 9, 2021First Human Use of High Bandwidth Wireless Brain Computer InterfaceBrain-computer interfaces are an emerging assistive technology, enabling people with paralysis to type on computer screens or manipulate robotic prostheses just by thinking about moving their own bodies. For years, investigational BCIs used in clinical trials have required cables to connect the sensing array in the brain to computers that decode the signals and use them to drive external devices.
Global Biotechnology InsightsApr 7, 2021Scientists Create the Next Generation of Living RobotsLast year, a team of biologists and computer scientists created novel, tiny self-healing biological machines from frog cells called "Xenobots" that could move around, push a payload, and even exhibit collective behavior in the presence of a swarm of other Xenobots. The same team has now created life forms that self-assemble a body from single cells, do not require muscle cells to move, and even demonstrate the capability of recordable memory.