Biomedical and Bioengineering Innovation

The Robotics Revolution Will Be Soft

The Robotics Revolution Will Be Soft
Author(s)3: Sarah Campbell
The Robotics Revolution Will Be Soft 618 372 IEEE Pulse

When soft robotics first emerged, it was defined (as breakthroughs often are) by what it was that its traditional counterparts were not, i.e., soft. A decade in, the nomenclature remains apt.…

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The Human Touch

The Human Touch
Author(s)3: Jim Banks
The Human Touch 618 372 IEEE Pulse

We live in a time when science fiction can quickly become science fact. Within a generation, the Internet has matured from a technological marvel to a utility, and mobile telephones…

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Nuclear Imaging Enters a New Era
Author(s)3: Leslie Mertz
Nuclear Imaging Enters a New Era 620 374 IEEE Pulse

Nuclear medicine has come a long way in a short time. Over the past three decades alone, it has taken two major steps forward and is now on the precipice…

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On the Cusp of a Healthcare Revolution
Author(s)3: Leslie Mertz
On the Cusp of a Healthcare Revolution 620 373 IEEE Pulse

Of the key technologies listed as “ready to propel industries and transform our world” in the 2017 report Top 50 Emerging Technologies: Growth Opportunities of Strategic Imperative, most fall under…

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Technology You Can Swallow
Author(s)3: Jennifer Berglund
Technology You Can Swallow 620 374 IEEE Pulse

Around 6 p.m. each evening, the streets of Boston’s suburbs come alive with the physically fit and those aspiring to be. They are runners, bikers, walkers, and scooter riders of…

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Micro- and nanorobots prepare to advance medicine.

Tiny Conveyance
Author(s)3: Leslie Mertz
Tiny Conveyance 618 371 IEEE Pulse

In the science-fiction classic Fantastic Voyage [1], a shrink-ray zaps a submarine and the crew within it, and the resulting microscopic vehicle ventures inside a human body to destroy a…

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Automated Insulin Delivery
Author(s)3: Leslie Mertz
Automated Insulin Delivery 620 372 IEEE Pulse

For individuals with Type 1 or insulin-requiring Type 2 diabetes, new technology may offer something they desperately need, but is now nigh impossible: the ability to maintain ideal blood glucose…

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New biological markers may mean more targeted treatments are just over the horizon.

Imaging Depression
Author(s)3: Jennifer Berglund
Imaging Depression 618 371 IEEE Pulse

On a balmy evening in mid-May 2017, Chris Cornell, the legendary head of the internationally renowned rock band Soundgarden, strummed his last chord at the Fox Theater in Detroit and…

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A new initiative is bringing industrial-scale engineering approaches to the biomedical world.

ARMI Tackles Regenerative Medicine
Author(s)3: David L. Chandler
ARMI Tackles Regenerative Medicine 618 371 IEEE Pulse

Martine Rothblatt Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a rare and potentially life-threatening disorder. But when prominent entrepreneur Martine Rothblatt (Figure 1, right), founder of Sirius radio, learned in the 1990s that…

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