Tag: Purdue University
Smartphone App Assesses Anemia By Taking Picture of Your Eyelid
Anemia is a condition where your tissues do not get adequate oxygen due to lack of healthy red blood cells. Having anemia can make...
Purdue Researchers Develop Wearable That May Help Prevent Sudden Death From Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder in which brain activity becomes abnormal, causing seizures or periods of unusual behavior, sensations, and sometimes loss of awareness....
Nanotubes and Nanowires for Strong and Flexible Wiring in Wearable Devices
Wearable devices are gaining popularity by the day. But like any electronic device, wearables and smart clothes need strong but flexible wiring.
Physicists at Michigan...
Wearable Sensor Administers Narcan to Prevent Opioid Overdose Deaths
In the United States, more than 130 people die after overdosing on opioids every day. Devastating consequences of the opioid epidemic include increases in...
Graphene to Protect Implantable Neurostimulators in People with Neurological Disorders
The U.S. is seeing a rise in neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’ disease. A common method to treat these diseases is...
Keep Your Body and Implants Safe from Hackers with this Wireless Body Network
If a hacker wants to, he or she can hack your body-worn
devices such as pacemakers and insulin pumps just by intercepting wireless
signals, and put...