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The medical end market refers to the application of engineering to medicine and biology in order to improve healthcare treatment such as diagnosis, monitoring, and therapy. Includes, but is not limited to, prostheses, robotics, implants, devices, and genetic engineering. A major part of this category is research and development.
AI in Medical Diagnostics: Key Strategies for Faster Clinical Uptake
Deep learning (DL) has revolutionized image recognition and analysis by enabling unprecedented performance leaps…
Uncanny Valley Response to Robots and Androids is a Dynamic Process
While the concept of the uncanny valley was first described by Japanese robotics professor Masahiro Mori in 1970,…
Entering the Age of Virtual Healthcare
Across the healthcare sector, technological advancement and changes are being put in place almost overnight due to…
Combined Robot and UV Disinfection Could Save Human Labor
Although COVID-19 isn’t primarily spread by surface contact, the lack of testing and iyr failure, for the most…
New Electronic Skin Can React To Pain Like Human Skin
Researchers have developed electronic artificial skin that reacts to pain just like real skin, opening the way to…
Miniature Surgical Manipulator Inspired by Origami
While there are situations when it is still preferable, open surgery means longer hospital stays, longer recovery,…
Wireless Brain Implants Could Use 1/10th the Power of Current Devices
While neurostimulators have been around for more than 20 years, used to mitigate symptoms of epilepsy, Parkinson's…
AI Can Predict Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs
With 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections in the U.S. each year, and more than 35,000 deaths, identifying…
3D Imaging Shows Human Sperm Roll Like Playful Otters
Imaging that reconstructs the movement of human sperm in 3D has shattered the view of how sperm “swim” first…
Drawn-on-skin Electronics Serve as Conductors, Semiconductors, and Dielectrics
The race is on not just to find coronavirus treatments and a vaccine, but also to develop wearable sensors that can…