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New Sensor Sticker Could Help Treat Swallowing Disorders Reliably

A wearable monitoring device with the ability to simplify treatments and make them more affordable for several million people suffering from swallowing disorders will soon hit the market.

18 Dec 2019

The Photonic pH Sensor Which Could Regenerate Tissue

Today’s surgeons can graft skin, bone, and cartilage using stem cells and a scaffold in order to generate new tissue ready for transplanting onto areas of the body affected by injury or illness. However, grafts using scaffolds have their limitations such as auto-immune rejection, additional scarring, and the risk of infection.

17 Dec 2019

New Electronic Biosensor Powers Itself Using Glucose in Bodily Fluids

Researchers from KAUST have created an electronic biosensor that is powered by the glucose present in bodily fluids. The device couples an electron-transporting polymer with an enzyme that derives electrons from its reaction with glucose to power its circuitry.

17 Dec 2019

Kioxia Develops New 3D Semicircular Flash Memory Cell Structure “Twin BiCS FLASH”

Kioxia Corporation today announced the development of the world’s first[1] three-dimensional (3D) semicircular split-gate flash memory cell structure “Twin BiCS FLASH” using specially designed semicircular Floating Gate (FG) cells.

From Kioxia Holdings Corporation 13 Dec 2019

New Bonding Technique can Help Develop Soft and Flexible Sensors

Bioengineers at Imperial College London have discovered a new method to produce squeezy soft and stretchy sensing devices by bonding rubber to electrical components.

11 Dec 2019

New Laser-Integrated, Chip-Based Sensor Detects Cancer Biomarker in Urine Samples

Scientists have successfully detected trace levels of a cancer protein biomarker in a urine sample using a chip-based sensor with a built-in laser. The study is the first to achieve this breakthrough.

5 Dec 2019

Mass-Producible, Wearable Sweat Sensor to Track Nutrient, Metabolite Levels

Several things make people dislike a visit to the doctor—sitting in the waiting room, paying a copay, sick people coughing without covering their mouths, out-of-date magazines, etc.

26 Nov 2019

New Miniaturized Sensor for Remotely Measuring Blood Oxygen Levels of Babies

At Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), researchers have been creating a sensor that measures just the size of a Band-Aid.

15 Nov 2019

OmniVision Announces Guinness World Record for Smallest Image Sensor and New Miniature Camera Module for Disposable Medical Applications

OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today announced from MD&M Minneapolis that its OV6948 is the winner of the Guinness World Record for “The Smallest Image Sensor Commercially Available” with its size of 0.575 mm x 0.575 mm.

From OmniVision Technologies, Inc. 6 Nov 2019

New Multifunctional Electronic Platform for Seamless Integration with Human Skin

Visualize a handheld electronic device capable of softening and deforming when attached to the skin. This could very well be the future of electronics.

5 Nov 2019