All the stories tagged with medical-tag
Sense4Baby electronic fetal monitoring system works wirelessly now
11/11/2010, The West Wireless Health Institute has achieved new heights with its portable cardiotocography (electronic fetal monitoring) system, where said device will communicate either over cellular or a Wi-Fi connection, allowing a physician to monitor fetal heartbeat and uterine contractions from [...]
PharmaJet offers needle-free injection technology
11/09/2010, If you’re one who suffers from trypanophobia – that’s the fear of needles, then you might want to heave a sigh of relief knowing that PharmaJet is on the right track in delivering its needle-free injection technology to the masses [...]
Mobile Phones to be Used in UK to Diagnose STDs
11/08/2010, The UK may be dispensing nano-technology chips that will enable cell phones and computers to diagnose for sexually transmitted diseases or infections. In order to combat the rising risk of sexually transmitted disease infection with people who may be too [...]
Affectiva Q Sensor medical bracelet monitors stress levels
11/02/2010, Something tells us that the Affectiva Q Sensor medical bracelet might be a device that many people won’t mind having, considering how stressful life is these days. The only question would be this – how stressful is yours? That’s what [...]
Skin printer might just be the fountain of youth
11/01/2010, The cosmetics industry has a revenue of billions each year, as it goes to show just how our society loves to look young forever, with the mysterious fountain of youth still being as elusive as ever. This is made possible [...]
Concept: Pastillero Watch Reminds You When To Take Your Pills
10/29/2010, It’s easy to forget to take our medicine and keep track of what we’ve taken, especially since most of us lead busy lifestyles. A concept watch dubbed the Pastillero (Pill) offers a modern solution to an age old problem. The [...]
First All-robot Surgery Performed At McGill University
10/21/2010, In a step forward for robots, a team of surgeons at McGill University have used the da Vinci robo-surgeon and a robot anesthesiologist dubbed McSleepy to remove a patient’s prostate in what is dubbed as the world’s first all-robotic surgery. [...]
Imec unveils mobile and wearable ECG system on Android smartphone
10/08/2010, Imec has come up with a spanking new mobile and wearable ECG system that will run on an Android smartphone. Since Bluetooth connectivity does take a huge chunk out of a device’s battery life, Imec has managed to achieve what [...]
New Smart Cane for the blind
10/04/2010, Helping the blind get around used to involve audio cues at street intersections as well as having the assistance of a cane. Well, things have certainly progressed to a greater level today thanks to an associate professor of applied science [...]
Murata Pulse-ring checks your vital signs in a non-intrusive way
10/04/2010, [CEATEC 2010] In case you didn’t know vital-signs (heart-rate, others…) readers are extremely popular in Asia, the idea is that by monitoring important metrics, people would be able to avoid getting sick in the first place. Anyhow, Murata has come [...]
Wheelchair relies on reverse force to make full use of your muscles
10/04/2010, The Create the Future Design Contest is over, and when the dust has settled, the grand prize has emerged. Kudos to Salim Nasser from Florida who came up with this wheelchair that boasts an integrated mechanism that will operate using [...]
Magnets used to reverse southpaws to right handers
09/28/2010, While it is pretty well known that one can’t really choose between being left- or right-handed, here’s a new development that might be able to turn one’s natural inclination otherwise. We’re talking about the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation which currently works [...]
Biofuel Made from Body’s Own Juices Can Lead to Implantable Devices
09/17/2010, Scientists have now developed a biofuel cell battery that is powered by your own biological juices. Implanted within the body, the glucose biofuel cell draws power from the body’s sugar and oxygen. It was recently implanted and tested in a [...]
