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Wearable System Devised for Stroke Rehab at Home
Engineering students designed a wearable system connected to a smartphone that enables stroke patients to perform some of their rehabilitation program at home.
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C. Difficile Infection Tested with Synthetic Gut Microbe
A biotechnology company reported on tests in mice of a synthetic treatment derived from gut microbes that prevents recurrence of C. difficile infections.
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Report from Maker Faire: Wrist Band Takes Blood Pressure
Report from Maker Faire: Two students designed a blood-pressure measurement device worn on the wrist to provide continuous readings, something a cuff cannot do.
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Report from Maker Faire: Plastic Recycling Made in Space
Report from Maker Faire: Made In Space and Lowe’s stores displayed a system that recycles polyethylene plastic bags and bottles into filament for 3-D printers.
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Trial Shows Personalized Alzheimer’s Treatment Effects
A pilot test offers evidence of a personalized treatment combining changes in diet, exercise, brain stimulation, and medications can reverse cognitive decline.
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Machine Learning Harnessed for Mobile Eye Tracker
Tracking eye movements that usually requires high-priced equipment will soon be done with a mobile device camera, thanks to machine learning and crowdsourcing.
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Breath Diagnostic Device Built on Common Computer Chip
A device acting like an electronic nose to analyze exhaled breath to diagnose disease is being developed at an engineering lab at University of Texas in Dallas.
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Engineered Facial Bone Grown from Stem Cells
Engineers developed techniques for growing personalized replacement facial bone from stem cells that in tests with pigs precisely fit their recipients’ faces.
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Univ. of Pittsburgh, Ansys Partner on Additive Mfring
Ansys, a developer of engineering simulation software and services, is starting an additive manufacturing lab at University of Pittsburgh’s engineering school.
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Graphene Chip Detects DNA, RNA Mutations
15 June 2016. A biomedical engineering team developed a chip built on graphene that detects mutations in genetic material, for eventual use in mobile diagnostics equipment. Researchers from University of California in San Diego, led by engineering professor Ratnesh Lal, describe their device this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Lal and…