Flexible electronics make their way into the operating room
A flexible surgical tool equipped with soft electronics could improve cardiac surgery
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Dog-like robot measures patients’ vital signs remotely
A mobile robotic platform that takes contact-free measurements of patients’ vital signs could help reduce healthcare workers’ exposure to COVID-19
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Electronic skin displays human-like reactions to pressure, temperature and pain
Combining artificial pressure, temperature and pain sensors into a single, biocompatible film advances our ability to mimic human skin
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Why LHCb is so good at discovering tetraquarks, medical sensors that are drawn on the skin
We also chat about how to prevent the coffee-ring effect
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Electronics drawn directly on the skin creates robust biosensors
“Draw-on-skin” electronics can record physiological signals while addressing the shortcomings of common wearable sensors
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Portable sensor detects biomagnetic signals in noisy outdoor environments
A prototype portable sensor can detect tiny magnetic fields generated by the human brain and heart without the need for expensive magnetic shielding
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Acoustic tweezers move objects in the body remotely
A shaped ultrasound beam transmitted through the skin can move objects within a living body, offering a new way to treat kidney stones
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How to time quantum tunnelling using atomic stopwatches, fitness trackers could help with breathing disorders
Huge exoplanets and quantum dots also get a mention in this week’s podcast
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Low-cost wearable devices quantify breathing activity while you sleep
A wrist-worn reflective sensor could provide unobtrusive sleep monitoring to help diagnose sleep-related breathing disorders
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Biosensor platform promises fast, low-cost detection of water contamination
The ROSALIND platform re-engineers biological systems to produce a simple test for 17 different water contaminants
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