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Bookmarks for March 3rd

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Bookmarks for February 21st

  • Implantable, wireless sensors share secrets of healing tissues – Following an orthopedic procedure, surgeons usually rely on X-rays or MRIs to monitor the progress of their patient's recovery. The new sensors, created by Rensselaer faculty researcher Eric Ledet, would instead give surgeons detailed, real-time information from the actual surgery site. This in vivo data could lead to more accurate assessments of a patient's recovery, or provide better insight into potential complications.
    The wireless sensor measures only 4 millimeters in diameter and 500 microns thick. It needs no battery, no external power, and requires no electronics within the body. Instead, the sensor is powered by the external device used to capture the sensor data.
    "Our new sensor will give surgeons the opportunity to make personalized, highly detailed, and very objective diagnoses for individual patients," said Ledet, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer. "The simplicity of the sensor is its greatest strength. The sensor is inexpensive to produce, requires no external power source, yet it is robust and durable. We are very excited about the potential of this new technology."
    What else could these be used for?
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  • Toward better electronics: Researchers develop new way to oxidize promising graphene –
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Bookmarks for January 12th

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Bookmarks for September 9th

  • Raincatch on Vimeo (Shades of Dune) – The Raincatch is a proposal for a garment which is at once a coat and water gathering, purification, storage system that allows the wearer to take a drink whenever they're thirsty. We worked with existing raincoats to reinforce the realism of the project but altered the look and feel of the coat enough that it has a distinct look and feel of
    it's own. The collar of the coat collects rain, which is then filtered down the back of the coat where it would be filtered through charcoal filters and then purified using a chemical process. The water is then stored around the hips of the coat where the weight can be ergonomically carried by the wearer without strain. The aesthetics of the coat and simple but elegant, showing the water and the internal workings of the coat, but hiding the water storage and maintaing a clean form factor.
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Bookmarks for July 25th

  • 45 Mile Wi-Fi Range is Now Possible with Lower Power Consumption | CleanTechnica – Imagine connecting wirelessly and cheaply to someone 45 miles away without using the internet? And how about while using less energy? You could also eliminate all of the network cables in the largest buildings cheaply and efficiently. The transmitter in the image at the top of this page can reportedly do all of that.

    Source: Clean Technica (http://s.tt/12Tx1)
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