fabric, healthtech, new tech

A Fabric That ‘Hears’ Your Heart

Having trouble hearing? Just turn up your shirt. That’s the idea behind a new “acoustic fabric” developed by engineers at MIT and collaborators at Rhode Island School of Design. The team has designed a fabric that works like a microphone, converting sound first into mechanical vibrations, and then into electrical signals, similar to how our ...

Troy Oakes

Man holding both hands on his heart.

‘Programmable Medicine’ Is the Goal for New Bio-Circuitry Research

In the world of synthetic biology, the development of foundational components like logic gates and genetic clocks has enabled the design of circuits with increasing complexity, including the ability to solve math problems, build autonomous robots, and play interactive games. A team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology is now using what they’ve ...

Troy Oakes

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New Compounds Make Old Antibiotics New in the Fight Against Superbugs

With antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” now infecting 2 million people per year and a dearth of new medications in the pipeline to treat them, CU Boulder researchers are taking a novel approach to addressing the looming public health crisis “They’re helping develop new drugs to make old drugs work better.” Corrie Detweiler, a professor of Molecular, Cellular, ...

Troy Oakes

Wearable Patch to Monitor Blood Pressure Deep Inside Your Body

A new ultrasound wearable patch to monitor blood pressure in arteries deep beneath the skin could help people detect cardiovascular problems earlier on and with greater precision. In tests, the patch performed as well as some clinical methods to measure blood pressure. Applications include real-time, continuous monitoring of blood pressure changes in patients with heart ...

Troy Oakes

India’s IT Sector Is Poised for Massive Growth

India’s IT sector generated revenues of around US$160 billion in 2017. Roughly US$99 billion came from exports, while US$48 billion was generated from the domestic market. And as India continues to grow at a rapid pace, the IT sector is poised to play a major role in helping the country morph into the massive superpower ...

Nspirement Staff

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