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Measuring Neural Activity With Light
The School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia has put together a multidisciplinary team to create a new method for measuring neural activity using light. This Read More
Sensors For Gastrointestinal Health
Researchers at the University of California San Diego Center for Wearable Sensors have created a self-powered sensor to monitor metabolites in the small intestine. The sensor could potentially help with gastrointestinal health, nutrition, diagnosis and Read More
Micro-robots Will Soon Be Fighting Cancer
Micro-roboticists are working towards a new way of delivering cancer-killing compounds – called enterotoxins – to tumors using bionic bacteria that are steered by a magnetic field. These engineered microbes will function as “micro-robots” that Read More
Researchers In Israel Develop Nanodiamonds
Researchers at Bar-Ilan University in Israel have been addressing the challenges presented by transdermal drug delivery (TDD). In order to penetrate the skin, the particles being administered must be no larger than 100 nanometers, they Read More
Sensors To Aid In The Detection Of Brain Injury
Dr. Hong Chen at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) has received a three-year US $750,000 grant from the Office of Naval Research to develop wearable sensors to aid in the detection of blast-induced traumatic Read More
Digital Sensor To Gage The Severity Of Burn Victims In The Field
The Army’s Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) has issued a request for the Burn Digital Assessment project (BDA). BDA is seeking to develop a rugged handheld device that will measure the severity of burns on Read More
DARPA’s In The Moment Project To Use AI and ML for Difficult Jobs, Medical Triage
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a broad agency announcement for the In the Moment (ITM) project. ITM seeks to develop the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies Read More
US Air Force Solicits Wearable Sensors To Measure Cognitive Performance In Extreme Environments
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory recently issued a solicitation for the Real-Time Assessment and Augmentation of Cognitive Performance in Extreme Environments project. The project seeks to develop wearable sensors to detect fatigue and stress Read More
Chemical Detection Tech Will Equip Warfighters With New Tools
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Joint Science and Technology Office (DTRA JSTO) awarded a contract to FLIR Systems for chemical-detection technologies based on ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) and mass spectrometry (MS) technology. The program’s overall goal is Read More