Remote Vital Sign Monitoring Technologies Help Drive New Standard of Healthcare with imec on the Leading Edge
The recent global pandemic redefined well-established paradigms in healthcare. The classic model involving frequent hospital visits is no longer viable due to the risk of contagion. The focus is now on remote and pervasive vital sign monitoring...
Demand for Telemedicine Devices Heats Up
Innovations in the public sector are springboards for new products in digital health and personalized medicine. Since 2013, SEMI NBMC, funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), has been evaluating industry needs and soliciting proposals...
More Than Skin Deep: Skin-Inspired Electronics for Smart Healthcare at FLEX|MSTC 2020
As the body’s largest organ, skin is responsible for the transduction of a vast amount of information. This conformable, stretchable, self-healable and biodegradable material simultaneously collects signals from external stimuli, which translates...
Scientists Study Sweat, the Small Stuff
A multidisciplinary team of researchers is developing new methods to collect and analyze sweat for clues about how the body is functioning.
6 Key Takeaways from SEMICON Europa Smart MedTech Summit
“A hundred years from now, someone’s going to look back and say, ‘Can you believe they waited until you got a disease, and then they did something?’” This observation from Dr. William Hait, the leader of Johnson & Johnson’s External Innovation...
Organ-on-chip Systems: Platform for Personalized Medicine
Healthcare has traditionally focused on one-size fits-all medication to treat populations instead of tailoring treatments to individual patients. Recent advances in stem cell technology allow researchers to create disease models for personalized...
The Future of MEMS
Despite market saturation and stagnation saddling many business sectors, MEMS remains a shining star in the semiconductor industry. Opportunities in automotive, consumer electronics, mobile, medical are rising. What is supporting this industry...