A research team led by Sunghoon Hur of the Electronic and Hybrid Materials Research Center at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and Professor Hyun-Cheol Song of Korea University has developed a flexible, biocompatible ultrasonic receiver that enables wireless charging underwater. The new technology has potential applications in implantable medical devices and … [Read more...] about Researchers develop ultrasonic wireless battery charging technology
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New algorithm promises improved joint designs
Researchers in the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have developed an algorithm to design metastructures that are reconfigurable across six degrees of freedom and allow for stiffness tunability. The algorithm can interpret the kinematic motions that are needed for multiple configurations of a device and assist designers in … [Read more...] about New algorithm promises improved joint designs
New 3D-printing method enables colour-changing, stress-responsive materials
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Duke University, University of California Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have developed a cutting-edge method to 3D-print cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (CLCEs), opening the door to dynamic, colour-changing materials that can respond to mechanical … [Read more...] about New 3D-printing method enables colour-changing, stress-responsive materials
‘Biomedical lab in a box’ empowers engineers in low- and middle-income countries
Through workshops based on a course, a team of researchers at MIT has developed a ‘biomedical lab in a box’ that they’ve used to give students in Kenya and Uganda hands-on experience engineering medical hardware. Globally, and especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), a significant portion of the population lacks access to essential health-care services. … [Read more...] about ‘Biomedical lab in a box’ empowers engineers in low- and middle-income countries
Student-designed low-cost vibrotactile glove can help treat Parkinson’s disease
Two engineering students at Rice University in Houston have designed an affordable, wearable solution for reducing the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. The design of the vibrotactile glove created by undergraduate engineering students Emmie Casey (pictured above, at left) and Tomi Kuye (pictured above, at right), under the guidance of Maria Oden and Heather Bisesti, and … [Read more...] about Student-designed low-cost vibrotactile glove can help treat Parkinson’s disease