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It was just last year when a study concluded that a warm bath before bed should indeed help you to sleep. Now, a new study suggests that regular hot soaks may also lower the risk of death from cardiovascular disease.Continue ReadingCategory: Health &am… Continue reading Study suggests a hot bath a day might keep the heart disease away
While scientists have successfully produced various “organ-on-a-chip” models of body parts, the eye is particularly challenging, as a tear film is regularly moved across its surface as we blink. That action has recently been replicated, in a new device… Continue reading Cornea-on-a-chip simulates blinking of the eye
Although there are already mobile VR systems that track what each of a user’s fingers are doing, they typically take the form of expensive gloves. KupVR is designed to be a low-cost alternative, as it leaves the user’s fingers open and free.Continue Re… Continue reading KupVR offers low-budget glove-free finger tracking
If someone is suffering from a chronic wound such as a diabetic skin ulcer, it’s important for their doctor to continuously know the status of that injury. A new bandage is designed to keep physicians in the loop, via everyone’s favorite wonder materia… Continue reading Graphene-based bandage designed for remote monitoring of wounds
When a driverless car or autonomous drone loses GPS contact, it utilizes a tool known as an inertial measurement unit (IMU) to keep track of its orientation in space. Such devices could soon be more accurate than ever, thanks to a newly-developed tiny … Continue reading Mini cake-pan gyro is claimed to offer top-level performance
There’s always a risk that implanted medical devices will become colonized with bacteria, causing infections and sometimes even needing to be removed. Such complications could soon be less likely, though, thanks to a new graphite nanoplatelet coating.C… Continue reading Antimicrobial implant coating uses graphite to slice up bacteria
When it comes to accurately reading the brain’s electrical signals, many systems utilize implantable electrodes. A new technology is reportedly less invasive yet just as accurate, as it swaps regular electrodes for ultra-thin wires.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading Hair-thin electrode wires designed to “read thoughts” less obtrusively
Whether it’s entangling marine animals, clogging their guts when they eat it, or forming giant floating “garbage patches,” oceanic plastic waste is a huge problem. There may be new hope however, in the form of what is claimed to be a better type of mar… Continue reading Plant-based plastic biodegrades in the ocean
While there are now a number of kits for electrifying non-electric bikes, most of them place a motor against or within one of the wheels. The Lightest is different, in that it keeps the weight low and central by sitting against the bottom bracket.Conti… Continue reading The Lightest plants power amidships, on existing bikes
One of the good things about drones is the fact that they can safely be flown in conditions that would prove hazardous for crewed aircraft. That’s where the JC260 unmanned helicopter comes in, as it’s designed to fight forest fires.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading Helicopter drone is made to drop bombs on forest fires