Researchers with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California, Berkeley have developed an elegant and powerful new microscale actuator that can flex like a tiny beckoning finger.
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The Empowered Patient® Decision Support web app is a series of ten questions that help identify areas in which patients may need help and support when making health care decisions. The app produces a streamlined pdf report of areas where the patient feels confident and decisive – and areas in which the patient may need information and guidance. Via Marie Ennis-O'Connor 
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Interesting ... would love your thoughts on this app's worth. 
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Inspring idea! Would love to see responses by NICE (UK) and IQWig (Germany). Are there some evalutions/reviews from users?? Delete the scoop?
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Researchers said the flexible, strong tails of sea horses may provide the blueprints for future robotics, including armor and medical devices. Delete the scoop?
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One doesn't necessarily have to be receiving the senior discount to require some help holding a bowl, but what really bothered aspiring designer Shelly Ni was the lack of sophistication in the adap... Delete the scoop?
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Interesting insights into the apple store and diseases covered by mobile apps. In general, few clinical apps exist in app store. Even though the author state he was looking for chronic disease only on was represented, diabetes. What these means is that there is a big opportunity to develop apps around chronic disease. Delete the scoop?
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Belgian designer Carl de Smet discusses his experiments with smart foam technology, which allows him to 'bake' furniture so it assembles itself. Via Alessio Erioli, Irina Bogdan Delete the scoop?
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In yet another lovely example of turning a smartphone into a medical product, researchers at the University of Essex, UK created a new iPhone app that works like a hearing aid. Delete the scoop?
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Qmed (formerly Medical Device Link) is the world's first completely prequalified supplier directory and news source for medical device OEMs. Find medical device suppliers and IVD suppliers who are FDA-registered, ISO 13485- and ISO 9001-certified. Delete the scoop?
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A new directory of health apps featuring reviews by patient groups and empowered consumers is launched today by PatientView (@PatientView).
Click on the title link, then on the image on STweM.com to download a copy of the PDF (5.3MB)
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Growing nerves to correct all kinds of neurological disorders and injuries is a major goal of medicine, something that can revolutionize neurosurgery similarly to how bypasses and stents changed vascular therapy. Delete the scoop?
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United Micro Kingdoms (UMK): A Design Fiction
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In Circuit Cellar, Fergus Dixon discusses the future of open-source hardware (OSHW) for medical devices and other medical technology topics.For home hobbyists and students, OSHW is great. There is free access to working circuits, ... Delete the scoop?
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I’m not a big collector but I do have a row of aluminium stovetop espresso-makers in my dining room. As most of them are old, probably 1950s-1980s, I’ve had to replace many of the ring-shaped rubber gaskets which give a good seal. Delete the scoop?
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