Tag: semiconductors
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Electrodes for Implants 3-D Printed on Soft Materials
An engineering team produced with an ink-jet printer working electrodes like those used in medical implants on bio-friendly soft materials rather than metal or silicon.
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Chips Are Getting Scarily Advanced
The chips of the future could be a very different breed altogether achieving things we never thought possible.
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Technique Devised to Monitor Blood Flow in Brain
A bioengineering lab developed a technique using common photography chips to measure blood flow in the brain, which could help detect traumatic brain injury, stroke, and related disorders.
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Implanted Sensor Monitors Alcohol in Body
A university bioengineering lab developed a tiny implantable sensor that in lab tests tracked alcohol levels in bodily fluids, while requiring little power, making it capable of operating for extended periods.
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Components Designed to Improve Genetic Circuits
Researchers in Houston, Texas created a set of components like those in electronics that help make synthetic gene circuits more accurate and predictable.
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Cell Engineering Company Launches, Raises $4.7 Million
A company designing biological circuits with techniques derived from computer-assisted design like those used in semiconductors is starting up in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Super High-Resolution Photo Sensor Developed
Engineers at Dartmouth College developed a sensor that captures light signals at high speed and resolution down to the level of individual photons.
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Thin, Flexible, Lower-Cost Motion Sensors Developed
Engineers in the U.S. and France created and tested motion-detecting sensors more flexible and thinner than today’s sensors, and made with a low-cost process.
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Microchips Designed for Tracking Bodily Functions
Engineering researchers designed a tiny chip device that identifies precise locations inside the body, a key feature for ingestible medical devices.
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Wearable-Implant Diagnostics Device in Development
A university engineering lab is developing a device combining a sensor chip implanted under the skin and wrist band to diagnose serious diseases and transmit the data.