Medical

The inaugural Smart Lighting Expo and 15th Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Spring Edition), organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), 6– 9 April 2024 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, raises the curtain on the HKTDC’s spring technology fairs.

Engineers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a new tool for monitoring the heart: a bioelectronic mesh that can measure both the physical movements and electrical signals of heart cells as they grow.

The mature FinFET nodes are rapidly becoming an interesting option for companies focused on low power applications like wearables, IoT, and medical.

£500,000 has been allocated to support five projects within the health sector that utilise drones for the delivery of medicines and medical supplies.

CUI Devices’ Audio Group has announced a new line of medical speakers designed to meet the alarm signal requirements of IEC 60601-1-8.

Hyperice, a global high-performance wellness brand offering a range of premium wellness recovery tools, takes a look at the top gadgets you need after the London Marathon.

The Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Grenoble (CEA-Irig), CEA-Leti and fellow European and Canadian institutes and researchers have demonstrated the complete vascularisation of organoids on a microfluidic chip at speeds and flow rates similar to blood’s, improving functional maturation and enabling their long-term survival.

An advancement has been made by scientists at Northwestern University in the management and treatment of Crohn’s disease.

This year (2024) is expected to see the harmonisation under the EU’s Medical Device Regulation (2017/45, MDR) of a recent healthcare industry standard: IEC 81001-5-1 ‘Health software and health IT systems safety, effectiveness and security – Part 5-1: Security – Activities in the product lifecycle’ whose implementation brings new challenges for IoT medical applications and systems.

Sports analytics pioneer Stance has integrated advanced AI to its strength training solution.