Robots that are roughly half a millimetre wide veer around sharp corners and down tiny corridors. Source Nature A thread-shaped robot can worm through narrow spaces under the control of magnetic fields, raising hopes of its use in convoluted human organs. Doctors use snake-like robots in procedures on the heart, but these commercially available devices
NIH Director is sharing a cool video that reveals how Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative is opening up potential plans to help people with disabilities, such as vision loss, that were once unimaginable. Source NIH Director This video, produced by Jordi Chanovas and narrated by Stephen Macknik, State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences
Nearly $12 million machine will let MIT researchers run more ambitious AI models. IBM designed Summit, the fastest supercomputer on Earth, to run the calculation-intensive models that power modern artificial intelligence (AI). Now MIT is about to get a slice. IBM pledged earlier this year to donate an $11.6 million computer cluster to MIT modeled
Technique could allow cells to be extracted in real time, help prevent cancer from spreading Researchers at UCLA and NantWorks have developed an artificial intelligence-powered device that detects cancer cells in a few milliseconds — hundreds of times faster than previous methods. With that speed, the invention could make it possible to extract cancer cells from blood immediately after
Interest in machine-learning applications within medicine has been growing, but few studies have progressed to deployment in patient care. We present a framework, context and ultimately guidelines for accelerating the translation of machine-learning-based interventions in health care. To be successful, translation will require a team of engaged stakeholders and a systematic process from beginning (problem
AI and machine learning can transform data from health records — “real world data” — into “real world evidence” that will bolster the medical community’s collective knowledge exponentially. Yet, clinical decision support platforms are the only way all this added practice-based knowledge can actually be used to improve overall care. Since Stanford Medicine’s 2018 Health Trends
It could lead to a new generation of personalized artificial organs. Bioprinting holds great potential for repairing injuries, testing drugs or replacing whole organs, but it’s currently limited in complexity, viability and speed — you can’t just create tissue on a whim. Soon, though, it might be a matter of crafting whatever you need when you need
A new scalable, high-throughput fabrication process that makes use of roll-to-roll printing and laser cutting can produce wearable sweat sensors rapidly and reliably and on a large scale. The devices, which can almost instantly detect and analyse electrolytes, metabolites and other biomolecules contained in sweat, could be employed in real-world applications and not just as laboratory
Artificial limbs made out of plastic water bottles could save healthcare providers millions of pounds and help tackle pollution at the same time. An expert at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) has successfully manufactured the first-of-its-kind prosthetic limb socket made from recycled plastic bottles. Dr K Kandan, senior lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at DMU, found he could
The novel device’s tip measures a mere 200 microns across. Researchers have developed a new self-calibrating endoscope that produces 3D images of objects smaller than a single cell. Without a lens or any optical, electrical or mechanical components, the tip of the endoscope measures just 200 microns across, about the width of a few human
