Biomedical and Bioengineering Innovation

Moving Objects with Your Mind

Moving Objects with Your Mind
Author(s)3: Jim Banks
Moving Objects with Your Mind 618 371 IEEE Pulse

The best ideas are often simple in nature, though complex in detail, and great in potential. The stentrode is a perfect example, combining the familiar off-the-shelf technologies of a stent…

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Roach Biobots

Roach Biobots
Author(s)3: Tahmid Latif, Alper Bozkurt
Roach Biobots 618 371 IEEE Pulse

Imagine a natural disaster, such as an earthquake, causing residential buildings to collapse and trapping the people in- side underneath the rubble. Over the following days, first responders spend a…

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Digital Magnifying Glasses for Low-Vision Learners

Digital Magnifying Glasses for Low-Vision Learners
Author(s)3: Nevan C. Hanumara, Jaya Narain, Amos Winter
Digital Magnifying Glasses for Low-Vision Learners 618 371 IEEE Pulse

A student squinting to see the board or holding a textbook inches from his or her nose often provides the first indication of a visual impairment. For most, the cause is…

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Realizing a Clearer View

Realizing a Clearer View
Author(s)3: David L. Chandler
Realizing a Clearer View 618 371 IEEE Pulse

In March 2017, Dr. Marc Tewfik performed a delicate operation to remove cancerous tissue from a patient’s sinus cavity, something that he has done many times before at the McGill…

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Electromagnetics in Medicine

Electromagnetics in Medicine
Author(s)3: Akimasa Hirata
Electromagnetics in Medicine 618 371 IEEE Pulse

In August 2015, Akimasa Hirata, Professor at the Nagoya Institute of Technology in Japan, received a Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society for “his contribution to computational…

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The Virtual Human Project
Author(s)3: IEEE Pulse
The Virtual Human Project 618 371 IEEE Pulse

What if there were a way to optimize cancer treatments, design safer and more efficient noninvasive brain and spinal cord treatments and assess the hazards of implanted medical devices without…

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Cardiac Pacemakers
Author(s)3: Max Valentinuzzi
Cardiac Pacemakers 150 150 IEEE Pulse

Ma nun me lassà, Nun darme stu turmiento. Damme un pacemaker … Famme campà! The Gulf of Naples and its surrounding area have served as a beautiful, historic, and romantic…

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The Quantified Patient Checks In

The Quantified Patient Checks In
Author(s)3: Sarah Campbell
The Quantified Patient Checks In 618 371 IEEE Pulse

Larry Smarr Like eight-year-olds who can’t let go of a good joke, Larry Smarr’s nurses and doctors kept coming to him with the same question: “Have you passed gas yet?”…

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A Data-Rich Longitudinal Wellness Study for the Digital Age

A Data-Rich Longitudinal Wellness Study for the Digital Age
Author(s)3: Gustavo Glusman
A Data-Rich Longitudinal Wellness Study for the Digital Age 618 371 IEEE Pulse

We live in an age of plentiful information, collected continuously by pervasive gadgetry, distributed through digital and social networks, and mined deeply by ever-more- powerful analytics systems. And yet, one of…

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