Tag: physical sciences
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Smart Robotic Leg Prosthesis Being Developed
A project is underway to develop a smarter and lighter-weight motorized leg prosthetic device that gives the wearer better balance and control.
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Consortium Building Framework to Boost IoT Data Trust
A group of companies and not-for-profit organizations are creating an open-source matrix of technologies to build trust in distributed smart networked systems.
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Graphene Material Designed for Wearable Devices
An engineering lab devised techniques for better adapting the material graphene to handle the physical stresses imposed by wearable devices.
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FDA Tags Biofilm Disruption Device as Breakthrough
A system using an electric current to break up bacterial communities on orthopedic implants received a breakthrough-device designation from the Food and Drug Administration.
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Touch Senses Added to Synthetic Skin, Robot Arm
Computer scientists in the U.K. and France created techniques for adding a refined sense of touch to highly sensitive artificial skin and an inexpensive robotic arm.
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Small Biz Grant Supports Newborn Opioid Device
A start-up enterprise is developing a nerve stimulation device worn by infants born to mothers with opioid addiction to treat the babies’ withdrawal symptoms.
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High-Speed Industrial 3-D Printing Demonstrated
An engineering team developed a high-speed three-dimensional printing process that can produce large, detailed items of various materials on demand.
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Data Trial to Build Precision Epilepsy Model
A medical data science company is analyzing health data from participants’ smartphones with artificial intelligence to better determine epilepsy treatments.
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Artificial Pancreas Improves Blood Glucose Control
Results of a clinical trial show an automated glucose monitor and insulin pump system provides better blood glucose control for people with type 1 diabetes.
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Real-World Evidence Assessed for Cancer Drug Trials
Two medical technology companies are evaluating real-world evidence from patients to simulate randomized clinical trials for testing new cancer treatments.