LEDs are quickly replacing traditional light sources because of their energy efficiency and long life. This includes UV-LEDs, which are replacing traditional mercury tube UV lights, for disinfecting surfaces and the air. For more on the use of UV lig...

With the spread of Covid-19, bird flu, and other illnesses, effective methods for disinfecting surfaces have become an important topic. Using sanitizing chemicals and boiling are commonplace, but UV disinfection is a practice that has been known for ...

In the recent past I have seen a lot of questions from fellow community members about how to calculate Oxygen Saturation- SpO2 using "Photoplethysmography" or PPG.The World is going through a tough time and  lot of people are infact ta...

I grew up in the 90s and early 2000’s watching TV shows like The Magic School Bus, and Osmosis Jones, and as a result, I would often daydream and fantasize about being able to shrink down to microscopic size and explore the inner workings of the huma...

It’s something that until recently has only been possible in movies and science fiction, but now biomedical engineering researchers at the University of Utah may have finally cracked the code on mind-controlled prosthetics that allow their user to re...

A batch of beer that brews itself? Water that adjusts its own pH? A completely organic carbon monoxide detector? With bacterial DNA circuitry, such things are now possible.  Bacteria can be programmed to respond to changes in temperature, pH, ox...

Monitoring blood pressure has evolved from expensive, large equipment used only by professionals to something that we can all easily use. Huge advancements thanks to MEMS sensors and microcontrollers now allow for precise readings from much smaller f...

Good morning.I just received my Raspberry Pi. I am a very very beginner, with some knowledge in programming, trying to learn JAVA but a dummy in electronics.Could someone tell me how to amplify an ECG signal so that it can be "seen" by the GPIO? Betw...

TedCas and Leap Motion show the technology which allows getting access to digital information touch less, in an intuitive way that does not imply to leave the sterilize zone and also prevent contact infections.Through the Leap Motion sensor, TedCas h...

If you’re looking to gain that competitive edge for bringing your medical device to market, then our ultrasonic engineering expertise is right for you. Meggitt offers its line of Piezo Technologies ultrasonic transducers and systems to help you ...

here's the video www.youtube.com/watch OrCam is an assistance device for the blind and visually impaired. OrCam can read, recognize faces, identify objects, products and places, locate bus numbers and monitor traffic lights. It does all tha...

 Freescale i.MX Processor Powers Device That Compensates for Lost Vision OrCam eyeglass-mounted device for the visually impaired uses processing power from i.MX 6Quad processor.ChallengeCreate a portable solution for the visually impaired t...

Smart to Future Cites, London, June 11 & 12. Stand 3.Freescale’s Tim Summers, Networking Products Group Manager, EMEA, will be talking about Connected Health on June 11 from 12.15 p.m. Hear all about some real world examples of connected health i...

Fujitsu, one of Japan’s well-known information and communications technology leaders, has just announced the development of a smartphone and tablet app that will help people monitor their health over time without the need of operating specialized equ...

(Left) 3D printing nozzle for living tissue concept (Right) real-world printed tissue samples (via University of Oxford & Science/AAAS) We have seen 3D printers create many things from dresses and art, to gun models and cars. Now researchers...

Layout of a typical epidermal electronic “tattoo” applied to the human skin with all accompanying sensors. (via University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) It appears as though stretchable and wearable electronics are beginning to see rapid advanc...

A group of sciences, including lead researchers from EFPL, have developed a tiny, implantable device that can continuously monitor the levels of up to five chemical substances found in the blood simultaneously and transmit the recorded data wirelessl...

Cranial Drilling Tool (via Harvard University) For those of you still ‘on the ropes’ about drilling into your brain (or some else’s for that matter) and are worried about sustaining a pre-frontal lobotomy, your worries are over thanks to some en...

www.youtube.com/watch MobiSante has revolutionized ultrasound imaging by bringing us a portable, smart phone based device imaging tool. Sailesh Chutani and David M. Zar, co-founders of MobiSante wanted to fulfill the need for an affordable, acce...

www.youtube.com/watch Fear the doctor's needle no more. Injections can be applied without the use of metal penetrating the skin, instead high power jets of the drug can force its way through your skin. The medical industry has had this tech for ...

(credit: unknown)  Vaccines are an invaluable tool in places where there is little health care like remote communities in Kenya or India. A small requirement to having these vaccines available is that they must be kept from spoiling in a co...

Paralyzed rat walking (via EPFL) Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have successfully restored an astonishing amount of voluntary movements to rats paralyzed by spinal cord injuries. Grégoire Courtine and his team used a mi...

Image that was controlled via Kinect during operation. (via Microsoft) The Kinect imaging sensor has been used in some technically innovative projects such as Queen’s University’s 3D video conferencing system to Microsoft’s own augmented reality...

Composite image of the two companies technologies (via Withings & BodyMedia) When it comes to weight loss, most people could use all the help they can get. The companies Withings and BodyMedia, Inc. are teaming up to provide those who wish t...

(via The Institute for Intelligent Systems and Robotics (ISIR)) Technology that helps robots navigate and interact with their environment may soon help blind people in much the same way. A new type of glasses that takes advantage of 3D navigatio...