Advanced Engineering Returns with the Medical Device Engineering Zone
The UK’s largest annual gathering of engineering professionals, Advanced Engineering, is back and bigger than ever on October 30 and 31, 2019 at the NEC, Birmingham. With a two-day attendance of some 15,000 engineering professionals, the eleventh edition of the trade show will provide companies with the opportunity to meet with OEMs and supply chain partners from […]
Smart Sticker Helps Monitor Health at Home
An electronic epidermal sticker that monitors health has been patented by researchers and it can be easily applied to a patient’s wrist. A team at Purdue University has designed the 2cm advanced sticker solution, which moves healthcare one step closer to the concept of personalised care and wearable devices. Wearable devices keep growing in popularity, […]
Healthy Food Menus Hit UK Primary Schools
The children returning to school this new academic year have been welcomed by new-look menus, with a range of healthier, more sustainable meat-free menu options. This change is part of the new School Plates programme launched by food awareness organisation ProVeg UK earlier this summer. ProVeg UK has been working on the new menus together […]
Manufacturing Problems for Hepatitis B Vaccine Leads to Shortages
At the moment there is a shortage in the vaccine for Hepatitis B. This shortage which could have significant impacts has been caused by problems which have occurred in the manufacturing process. The news has been announced by Public Health England, and now a number of different measures have been put in place so that […]
Artificial Fingertip Delivers Real “Feeling”
An artificial fingertip surgically connected to nerve endings in an amputeeâs arm is the first to deliver real touch sensation. Previous attempts to reconnect nerves and bionics after amputation had failed to simulate sensory stimulation in real-time. The pioneering research and technology was developed by Ecole Polytechnhique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in partnership with BioRobotics […]
