IEEE Spectrum: Biomedical

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November 2009

Flexible MEMS Deliver Drugs

A MEMS-based microfluidic implant could open up many difficult-to-treat diseases to drug therapy

October 2009

Acoustic Hyperlens To Sharpen Ultrasounds

Metamaterial-based device demonstrates focusing of sound beyond its diffraction limit

October 2009

When Hearing Voices Helps

Purdue researchers have developed an in-ear device that uses recorded chatter to improve the speech of Parkinson's patients

October 2009

The Brain-Machine Interface, Unplugged

Researchers report prototype wireless neural interfaces

September 2009

Augmented Reality in a Contact Lens

A new generation of contact lenses built with very small circuits and LEDs promises bionic eyesight

Challenges in the packaging of MEMS

Unlike IC packaging, MEMS dice must interface with the environment for sensing, interconnection, and/or actuation. MEMS packaging is application specific …

Full-Lagrangian schemes for dynamic analysis of electrostatic MEMS

Dynamic analysis of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) is characterized by the nonlinear coupling of electrical and mechanical domains. The nonlinear coupling …

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Bionics

Article: Hacking DNA

Article: Augmented Reality in a Contact Lens

Article: Exoskeletons Are on the March

Devices

Mon, November 02, 2009

Blog Post: Is Deep Brain Stimulation a Cure-all?

Article: Flexible Microsystems Deliver Drugs Through the Ear

Article: Navigation by the Soles of Your Feet (and the Seat of Your Pants)

Diagnostics

Article: Review: The Edge of Medicine: The Technology That Will Change Our Lives

Thu, July 30, 2009

Blog Post: Devices for Diabetics Expand Inward and Outward

Article: Music-Powered Microfluidics

Ethics

Mon, September 28, 2009

Blog Post: The Robot Insect Race

Mon, June 22, 2009

Blog Post: Electronic Health Records No Guarantee of Quality Health Care

Article: Pandemic Flu Could Clog U.S. Rail Lines

Imaging

Article: Acoustic Hyperlens Could Sharpen Ultrasound Imaging

Article: The Neuro Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Article: Next-Gen Ultrasound

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