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Stretchy brain electronics
A type of brittle plastic, has been modified by a research team from Stanford University.
Flexible fiber delivers optical impulses
Researchers have developed a rubber-like fiber that can flex and stretch while simultaneously delivering both…
Smartphone camera screens for arrhythmia
A mobile app that uses a smartphone camera to detect facial signs of a heart arrhythmia associated with strokes.
US legal system to define privacy of wearable data
It's important to set a legal and constitutional privacy framework to reassure consumers for the privacy of…
Dopamine precise tracking sensor provides insights into the brain
A way to measure dopamine in the brain much more precisely than previously possible has been developed by…
Timely diagnosis of serious diseases with smart mobile tool
A key challenge for researchers worldwide for decades has been finding practical solutions to detect proteins,…
Bandages Light Up When In Contact With Certain Chemicals
A new 'living material'—a tough, stretchy, biocompatible sheet of hydrogel injected with live cells that are…
Do you have Lyme disease? Your wearable can tell you
Whilst flying to Norway for a family vacation last year, Stanford Professor Michael Snyder was wearing a Basis…
Ingestible Electronics Powered Through Gut Fluids
Now ingestible electronics which travel through the gut within pill-like capsules, can release drugs, whilst…
Sensors designed to detect single protein molecules
MIT engineers have designed sensors that can detect single protein molecules as they are secreted by cells or even…