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Lightweight AI Chip Designer Raises $2.8M in Seed Funds

By Alan, on November 24th, 2020%

A new company is designing computer chips and devices with artificial intelligence modeled on insect brains for autonomous vehicles and robotic systems. . . . → Read More: Lightweight AI Chip Designer Raises $2.8M in Seed Funds

New Funds Advance Hand-Wrist Neural Rehab Device

By Alan, on October 12th, 2020%

Developers of a system to help people with spinal cord injuries regain use of their hands and wrists, are configuring the device for home use. . . . → Read More: New Funds Advance Hand-Wrist Neural Rehab Device

Wireless Sensor Detects Multiple Covid-19 Indicators

By Alan, on October 2nd, 2020%

Biomedical engineers designed a lab-on-a-chip sensor that quickly detects SARS-CoV-2 viruses in saliva or blood, as well as antibodies and indicators of disease severity. . . . → Read More: Wireless Sensor Detects Multiple Covid-19 Indicators

Group Advancing Electronic Spinal Cord Injury Therapies

By Alan, on October 1st, 2020%

A consortium of academic and industry labs is integrating electronic sensors and neural stimulation therapies into an early treatment protocol for spinal cord injuries. . . . → Read More: Group Advancing Electronic Spinal Cord Injury Therapies

Breath Analysis Sensor Licensed to Detect Covid-19

By Alan, on August 10th, 2020%

Discoveries in a university lab that enable detection of Covid-19 infections from a person’s breath are being licensed for development by a biotechnology company. . . . → Read More: Breath Analysis Sensor Licensed to Detect Covid-19

High-Capacity Brain Signal Reader Demonstrated

By Alan, on July 20th, 2020%

A brain-computer interface device is shown to record the highest volume of brain signals from lab animals and sheep, according to its developers. . . . → Read More: High-Capacity Brain Signal Reader Demonstrated

Single Sensor to Detect Covid-19, Flu in Works

By Alan, on June 26th, 2020%

A university engineering team is developing an electronic sensor to quickly detect and distinguish between Covid-19 and influenza viruses. . . . → Read More: Single Sensor to Detect Covid-19, Flu in Works

Microscopic Optical Sensor Circuits Demonstrated

By Alan, on April 23rd, 2020%

Researchers exhibited solar-powered integrated circuit sensors with LED lights, smaller than can be seen with the naked eye, for mass production at low cost. . . . → Read More: Microscopic Optical Sensor Circuits Demonstrated

Proteins from Bacteria Generate Power for Wearables

By Alan, on February 18th, 2020%

A collaboration of engineers and biologists created a way of producing electric power from humidity in the air with fine wires made of proteins from bacteria. . . . → Read More: Proteins from Bacteria Generate Power for Wearables

Semiconductors Developed to Emulate Nerve Cells

By Alan, on December 4th, 2019%

Physicists and neuroscientists created semiconductors that in lab simulations and tests with animal models perform like nerve cells for biological functions. . . . → Read More: Semiconductors Developed to Emulate Nerve Cells

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