Tag Archives: Biomedical engineering

Jawbone’s $50 Move Clip-on Fitness Tracker and $180 UP3 Wristband Tracker are Now Available for Pre-order

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Heart rate monitoring machines have always caused users inconvenience. Existing products do offer various features, but at the cost of wear-ability. The common problems that are reported by users...

Peking University Implants First 3D Printed Vertebra

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The doctors at at Peking University achieved a huge milestone when they implanted the first 3D vertebrae in a 12 year old boy who was diagnosed with a malignant tumor in his spinal cord. The...

New Robotic Arm With Touch Perception

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HEALTHBEAT: Scientists wire man's arm to robotics in quest for artificial hand that can feel WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not quite the bionics of science fiction, but European researchers have created a...

Experiment adds sense of touch to artificial hand

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HEALTHBEAT: Scientists add sense of touch to robotic hand, a step to more lifelike prosthetics WASHINGTON (AP) — To feel what you touch — that's the holy grail for artificial limbs. In a step toward...