Enter the world of medical robots where surgeons can operate without even touching their patients and visionary mini-robots will creep, crawl and swim around your body, diagnosing disease and performing vital surgery. Tags-robotic surgery (10)-robotics surgery (3)-medical robots in surgery (2)-biomedical robotics (1)-robotic surgeon (1)-robot surgery (1)-robot surgeons (1)-PROBOT surgical (1)-probot... 

This cute, brightly colored inflatable exoskeleton prototype runs on compressed air and looks more like high-end ski gear than an assistive device: Tags-inflatable exoskeleton (3)-assistive device (2)-control of assistive devices (1)-matsushita electric industrial power jacket (1)-powered exoskeleton military (1) Read More →

A contact lens that harvests radio waves to power an LED is paving the way for a new kind of display. The lens is a prototype of a device that could display information beamed from a mobile device.  Read More →

With thousands of doctors, nurses, and administrators, the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System depends on the latest mobile technologies to streamline its services and deliver better patient care. Tags-iphone 5 transparent (7)-iphone medical (6)-airstrip technology pictures (2)-iphone healthcare (2)-iphone health (2)-informatics gadgets (1)-doctors gadgets (1)-attachments for iphone (1)-medical apps... 

A robot named Simroid allows dental students to interact with a realistic, robotic patient. Simroid can sense pain, listen to the student, and even talk back to the student, making it a very realistic robot. Tags-bioteknologi (6)-Medical Robots (5)-gadgets for biomedical engineering (1)-robot teach medicine (1) Read More →

A robotic wheelchair which can be controlled by the brain is being developed by a team at the University of Zaragoza in Spain. A person’s head is hooked up to electrodes and then presented with a visualization of their movement options. Tags-robotic wheelchair (3)-Brain controlled computing latest development (1)-computer software for the paralyzed (1)-military prosthetic arm (1)-paralyzed person... 

People with poor vision now have an alternative to wearing corrective eyeglasses and contact lenses with a medical breakthrough in the field of ophthalmology. In the recent years, various research and trials have led to the development of LASIK(laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis). Tags-no need to wear glasses (2)-correcting vision (1)-person with eyeglasses engineer (1)-not wear glasses (1)-no... 

A team of scientists from Italy and Sweden has developed what is believed to be the first artificial hand that has feeling. Tags-robotic hand (7)-electronic arm (1)-sensors for artificial hand (1) Read More →

A virtual reality computer programme is being used to treat Iraq war veterans in the United States. The soldiers are able to relive the sights, sounds and even smells of warfare using 3D headsets. Researchers say it is producing dramatic benefits. Tags-virtual reality therapy (2)-Talk Therapy (1) Read More →

Once considered oddities, multiarmed tools are becoming mainstays of hospital operating rooms. The industry trailblazer in the human–robot medical team is the da Vinci HD Surgical System, a multiarmed assistant that is directly controlled by a surgeon who sits at a nearby console. Hu, a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, has removed more than 600 cancerous prostates with the da...