Articles By Joel Lindsey

91. Harvard Researchers Create Bone Marrow-On-A-Chip Device 5/13/2014

    A team of researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has created a device they call “bone marrow-on-a-chip.” The device could provide a way to test new drugs and toxic agents on bone marrow without having to conduct tests on living animals.

92. Will Robots Provide Care For The Elderly? 5/9/2014

    A team of researchers in Europe has developed a system of in-home care for the elderly that combines a telepresence robot, a network of sensors, and videoconferencing technology. The goal is to make it safer and more feasible for people to live independently at home as they grow older.

93. T-Shirt Sends ECG Signals To Your Smartphone 5/8/2014

    An Israeli company has developed a t-shirt with interwoven textile electrodes that can provide hospital quality, 15-lead ECG data to your phone or directly to your doctor — without the need for adhesives, gels, or shaving.

94. Implantable Microchip Could Restore Movement To Paralyzed Patients 5/7/2014

    Researchers and doctors in Ohio have successfully implanted a new microchip into the brain of a patient who was paralyzed from the waist down after breaking his neck. The chip is designed to carry electrical signals from a patient’s brain to their muscles, effectively restoring the ability to perform self-controlled movements.

95. Tiny New Lab-On-A-Chip Design May Improve Handheld Diagnostics 5/6/2014

    Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia have developed a novel approach to fabricating miniaturized lab-on-a-chip devices by using a class of non-volatile ionic liquids as solvents. The team’s findings could impact the design of future medical diagnostics, according to a report published in the journal Nature Communications.

96. Researchers Develop Inexpensive Fluorescent DNA Sensors 5/1/2014

    Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratory and Stony Brook University have devised a way of using an inexpensive fluorescent dye to conduct effective DNA analyses.

97. Batteries For Implantables That Could Last For Decades 5/1/2014

    Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a new battery chemistry that could significantly increase the lifespan of batteries — a development that could carry important implications in the field of implantable medical devices.

98. Ultra Cheap Lenses Could Turn Smartphones Into Portable Microscopes 4/30/2014

    Along with a small group of researchers, Australian National University engineer Steve Lee has discovered a way to potentially transform smartphones into microscopes using simple  lenses that could be manufactured for less than a penny apiece.

99. Could A 3D Printed Cast Speed Healing? 4/29/2014

    Turkish industrial designer Deniz Karasahin has designed a lightweight, breathable, 3D-printed cast that works in tandem with ultrasound technology to speed the bone-healing process.

100. Space Station Research Yields A New Disease Diagnostic Device 4/29/2014

     Researchers from Northwestern University and Portland State University have devised a new, sustainable, and highly portable disease diagnostic device that capitalizes on the principle of capillary flow, a concept tested and refined aboard the International Space Station.