Technology

Could advances in biointerface technology mean the blind see, the lame walk, and the deaf hear? A new initiative aims to find out.

A hacker who can break in to control wireless mobile/portable/implantable devices is also the most likely source of new security measures.

It’s incredible how smartphone technology and the internet are becoming an integral part of (some of) our lives. Here, UK’s Department Of Health is asking which “medical(ish) applications are proving popular.

Can CellSonic make its ESWT offering a world beater in treating troublesome non-healing wounds?

New Blood Pressure Profile app to be demonstrated on CSR’s Bluetooth low energy devices at Mobile World Congress to showcase market opportunity for growing mHealth space

It’s friday, what the heck, we’re allowed to “brainstorm”. Research work from Stanford’s Department of Engineering have presented a miniature, swimming robot which could theoretically end up drilling plaque out of occluded blood vessels.

Engineering Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute create smart sensors which can wirelessly transmit data from Orthopaedic surgery site, but we can’t quite see the applications they see.

We’re a truly schizophrenic lot aren’t we? We embrace technology like this, then moan that we have lax regulatory control. Regardless of the argument, the fact is that this tiny Japanese company’s PLLA stent is approved in EU, but not USA or Japan.

Initial results of ReCor’s REDUCE First-In-Man clinical study presented at “TRenD 2012” transcatheter renal denervation scientific meeting as company gains CE mark for its PARADISE™ system.

Transdermal glucose monitoring future style, as well as potential for drug delivery from this new technology.

Covidien commits itself to emerging markets by putting money where its mouth is with the opening of an R&D facility in Hyderabad.

Freeze dried heart valve material holds promise as a scaffold. Researchers have investigated different techniques in order to optimise the resultant material.

You know you want one! “Dictaphones” never saw such times with the introduction of system integration, barcode security and a host of other features.

New paper compares CE vs FDA and concludes both need a makeover.

Expensive Proton Beam therapy availability is limited this side of the pond. For once we don’t advocate speeding adoption, but a lack of evidence doesn’t seem to have slowed demand for its use as a prostate treatment in USA.

Fiendishly clever scientists from San Diego have described a microrocket, which would exploit low pH conditions to elicit drive from a chemical reaction. Suggested applications on a postcard please.