Bionic Eye concept (via Bionic Vision Australia) Most of us go our days taking for granted our sense of vision, but loss of this sense changes everything. Even though vision loss can occur for many different reasons, there is little medical scie...
(Left) Implant behind eye. (Right) Retinal scan showing the sensor chip in place. (via University of Oxford) Diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, the first symptom was night blindness. A few years later, vision was drastically reduced. Finally, ...
Technology overview (via MicroChips Inc.) Daily injections of medicine may be crucial for patients who suffer from certain diseases. However, the pain involved may deter some patients from following their prescribed regiments , and this ca...
Cochlear implant concept (via University of Utah) Cochlear implants have improved the hearing for over 220,000 deaf people around the globe, but they have their drawbacks. Not being able to swim or wear helmets comfortably due to the delicate mi...
It’s annoying when you are working at home and the power goes out for a couple of minutes, perhaps causing you to lose a document you were working on, But if you are a patient in a hospital the effect of a power loss, even for a minute, is more...
(repost)(Left) Concept of the system (Right) Drawing of the MEMS generator (Via Purdue University) A new medical pressure sensitive implant, microelectromechanical system (MEMS), is out that uses sound as a power source. This MEMS device is a se...
(repost) www.youtube.com/watch Japanese company Riken has partnered up with Tokai Rubber in the creation of the RIBA II nursing assistant robot. At the joint laboratory RTC, RIKEN-TRI Collaboration Center for Human-Interactive Robot Resear...
(repost)www.youtube.com/watch Showa Hanako is a dental training robot developed by the department of Orthodontics at the Showa University (SU) in Japan. The PVC skinned bot would move in a limited fashion using a hydraulic system. Limited moveme...
https://vimeo.com/36880067DNA nanorobot from Wyss Institute on Vimeo Star Trek's "Borg" use nano-probes for cell-repair and to fight unwanted intrusion inside their human/robot bodies. It sounds like an effective way of fighting damaged ce...
https://vimeo.com/36880067DNA nanorobot from Wyss Institute on Vimeo. Star Trek's "Borg" use nano-probes for cell-repair and to fight unwanted intrusion inside their human/robot bodies. It sounds like an effective way of fighting damaged cells, ...
By Sujata Neidig Wow! I can’t believe it’s 2012. Seems like just yesterday that everyone was talking about Y2K. But, here we are, another year gone by and another year to look forward to. For some, this is a time to make new re...
One of the first thoughts that come to our minds when we hear the words “Pulse Oximeter” is a person lying in a hospital bed wearing a finger sensor and being monitored by a nurse or a doctor. A pulse oximeter is a device capable of measuring oxygen ...
www.youtube.com/watch Imagine being told you or your loved one will never be able to walk again, the devastation, the shock … Well, there may be hope after-all. In a lab at Duke University doctors, engineers, neuroscientists and phys...
The biological logic gate Via Professor Kitney This is a Re-Post from the DIT Blog. An AND logic gate made from Escherichia Coli (E.Coli) and DNA was made at the Imperial College London, demonstrating the much hypothesized concept of the bi...
www.youtube.com/watch The Department of Chemistry at Pennsylvania State University may have just built the future power plant for inner-human body robotics. At just 3.6 micrometers long, a rod consisting of copper (Cu) and Platinum (Pt) acts as ...
