Medical
LoRaWAN-based air-quality monitoring & contact tracing in buildings shows promise for controlling viruses’ spread
Combining off-the-shelf IoT technologies and equipment with new mathematical models that simulated the propagation of COVID-19, a pilot solution at a Paris university hospital centre has demonstrated how building managers in the future can limit the spread of viruses such as COVID-19.
Implants: a different type of ‘back-handed’ payment
Now more than ever before, people are reliant on technology, particularly their smartphones and smartwatches. But most people’s devices are on them – not in them. That’s where tech implants come in: this article looks at what tech implants are, how some of them work, and what users may think about such a controversial use of technology.
Robotic system revolutionises biotechnology and fights COVID-19
Developed at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IBCH PAS), alongside Mitsubishi Electric, Labomatica and Perlan Technologies, the AGAMEDE robotic system was designed to significantly speed up the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2. Garry Lewis, Marketing & Communications Manager UK, Mitsubishi Electric Europe discusses.
The use of AI in real-world healthcare decision making
TurinTech is looking to set the scene in the artificial intelligence (AI) space, by using AI to optimise code, and thereby models that rely on code to help healthcare professionals make better life-critical decisions. Electronic Specifier’s Kiera Sowery discussed AI efficiency for real-world decision making, healthcare wearables, and AI explainability with CEO and Founder, Dr Leslie Kanthan.
Medical ventilators: the components and sensors needed in essential medical care
A form of life support treatment, medical ventilators are vital for assisting with a patient’s breathing when they are unable to breathe sufficiently on their own. Rodrigue Mao, Head of Product Management, Distrelec looks at the basic components that are common to all ventilators.
Cryogenic freezing and what it says about ‘future-proofing’
Cryogenic freezing may be a staple of science fiction, but does it have any basis in science fact? There are certainly cryogenic freezing facilities out there already – preserving the cells of legally-declared-dead bodies for a time (if such a time is even remotely possible) when corpses may be reanimated. This article questions, however, whether this field of cryogenic engineering could ever stand the ultimate test of time.
Unisem wins MEMS packaging process showdown
Unisem, a global provider of semiconductor assembly and test services, has won the Packaging Process Showdown at MEMS & Sensors Technical Congress (MSTC) for its presentation MEMS Cavity Packages —The Applications, Options and Considerations
Innovative connected syringe based on NFC technology
NP Plastibell has announced a pre-filled connected syringe containing a near-field communication (NFC) tag from STMicroelectronics.
Small RAIN RFID Tag for healthcare applications
Murata will introduce the small RAIN RFID Tag at Pharmapack Europe (Stand C20), 18-19 May 2022.
SPECTRUM digitisers and AWGs support NVIDIA Clara
Spectrum Instrumentation now offers driver support for the NVIDIA Clara AGX, a universal computing architecture for the next generation of AI medical instruments. The new drivers enable scientists and developers to choose from 64 different Spectrum Digitisers, Arbitrary Waveform Generators (AWGs) and Digital I/O cards, letting the NVIDIA Clara AGX kit perform high-speed electronic signal acquisition and generation for analog and digital signals.&...