Category: Sensors

  • Biochemical sensor helps refine cancer treatment

    Biochemical sensor helps refine cancer treatment

    MIT professor Michael Cima is developing a tiny biochemical sensor that can be implanted in cancerous tissue during a biopsy.  It wirelessly sends  biomarker data to an external device,  allowing doctors to monitor progress, and adjust dosages or switch therapies accordingly. The sensor fits into the tip of a biopsy needle. It contains 10 microliters…

  • Sensor pill for 3D colon imaging

    Sensor pill for 3D colon imaging

    Check Cap, developed by Yoav Kimchy,  is a colon imaging sensor pill.  A patient takes small amounts of a contrast agent with meals.  The pill is swallowed, and after reaching the colon, a signal is emitted in every direction, providing 3D imaging. The data is sent to a wireless patch worn by the patient, and his/her doctor receives…

  • Street View cars map health-impacting pollutants

    Street View cars map health-impacting pollutants

    Google has partnered with Aclima to map urban air quality through Street View cars. Mobile sensors on the  cars will  measure nitrogen dioxide, nitric oxide, ozone, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and other  pollutants that can affect health. A  experiment was conductedin Denver.  The cars drove for 750 hours, over 30 days, and gathered 150 million…

  • Simple sensor to prevent car-heat related deaths

    Simple sensor to prevent car-heat related deaths

    All too often we hear about a baby, or person who is unable to speak for him/herself, being left in a hot car, and dying.  ApplySci applauds Evenflo for creating a car seat with a very simple notification sensor that could prevent this. The Embrace DLX seat, with SensorSafe technology, generates a series of tones when a…

  • Sensor chip for prostate cancer diagnosis

    Sensor chip for prostate cancer diagnosis

    University of Birmingham researchers are developing a sensor chip that they believe can improve the accuracy of prostate cancer diagnosis. Prostate cancer is normally diagnosed by tests that rely on antibodies, making them vulnerable to degeneration by environmental changes. They are known to give false positive readings at a high rate. The sensor chip works…

  • Clinical trial wearable by Google

    Clinical trial wearable by Google

    Google X has built a clinical grade health wearable intended for use in clinical trials.  It measures pulse, heart rhythm, skin temperature, light exposure, and noise levels.  The device can collect trial data both inside and outside of the lab.  Google’s life science head, Andrew Conrad, first described the wearable to Bloomberg this morning. The…

  • Necklace, scale, cuff to monitor vitals, help manage CHF

    Necklace, scale, cuff to monitor vitals, help manage CHF

    toSenses‘s CoVa necklace, and prototype floor pad and cuff/handle combination, measure pulse oximetry, heart rate, blood pressure, respiration rate and temperature.  The various forms of monitoring are meant to improve compliance and ease of use. CoVa has received FDA clearance, and is primarily used as a congestive heart failure alert/management system. The scale-like pad uses bioimpedance…

  • Chip detects cancer from a drop of blood

    Chip detects cancer from a drop of blood

    Showa University and My Tech have developed Proteo, a silver nanoscale chip that  they claim detects most types of cancer from a drop of blood in three minutes.   It functions by attracting a faintly luminous substance found in cancer patients, beginning at a very early stage. They have only studied 20 patients, but diagnosed whether a…

  • HIV, hepatitis, herpes, cancer detecting nanosensor

    HIV, hepatitis, herpes, cancer detecting nanosensor

    Dmitry Fedyanin and Yury Stebunov from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have developed a highly sensitive  biological object detecting nanosensor. The tiny sensor analyzes the chemical composition of substances and can detect viral disease markers in HIV, hepatitis, and herpes.  It can also help doctors identify tumor markers. The optical sensor can track changes…

  • Sensor sweater guides senior rehabilitation

    Sensor sweater guides senior rehabilitation

    Vigour, by Pauline van Dongen,  is a sensor sweater developed for geriatric rehabilitation.  The knitted cardigan, with integrated stretch sensors, discreetly and continuously monitors upper body movement.  Two sensors monitor  lower back movement, and one under each arm monitors shoulder and arm movement. Data is transferred to the user, caregiver, or physician.  It can be worn…

  • VR headset + bike sensors gamify fitness

    VR headset + bike sensors gamify fitness

    Virzoom is a virtual reality exercise system meant to decrease distractions, and increase focus and fun while riding a stationary bike. Sensors attach to several parts of the bicycle. For example, one on the rear wheel measures speed, and one on the front wheel responds to direction.  After connecting via USB to a computer, VR…

  • Phone based Parkinson’s research

    Phone based Parkinson’s research

    mPower is a mobile Parkinson’s Disease study, powered by HealthKit.  It attempts to understand why people experience different symptoms, and why a person’s symptoms and side effects can vary over time. The process includes surveys and tasks that activate phone sensors. Progression symptoms, including dexterity, balance and gait, are tracked. The goal is to understand variations, improve the…