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Medtronic's Micra Pacemaker Survives Flight to Space
This is an update to a recent story of ours on the first pacemaker in space. The Medtronic Micra is the smallest pacemaker currently available. It's so small that it's delivered via a catheter and attached to the endocardium of the heart, where its...
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Medtronic's Tiny Micra Pacemaker Going on a Space Flight
These days astronauts are some of the healthiest and physically robust individuals that NASA can get a hold of. But one day we may see all kinds of people going to space, even those with heart conditions. Shelbi Klingsporn, a Nebraska high school...
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NASA and HeroX Announce Winners of the Space Poop Challenge
A few months ago, we wrote about a NASA and HeroX design challenge that would address a dirty, overlooked, but absolutely necessary component of space travel: human waste collection. NASA's Space Poop Challenge had over 5000 submissions from a...
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Miniature Sensor Measures Velocity of Blood Flow Below Skin
Kyocera Corporation out of Kyoto, Japan has announced the development of a tiny optical sensor for measuring blood flow within subcutaneous tissue. Readings from such a device may help assess how injured tissue is healing, produce evidence...
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New Acetone Breathalyzer May Replace Blood Glucose Testing for Managing Diabetes
Having the ability to check glucose levels without taking a blood sample would transform diabetes care and improve the lives of people living with the disease. One way of doing this is to measure the concentration of acetone in exhaled breath,...
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Smart Contactless Clothing Monitors Vital Signs
Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and ECLAT Textiles announced iSmartweaR, a clothing line designed to monitor vital signs. Its main feature is that it's contactless, allowing you to move without restrictions as you track...
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New Efficient Techniques for Health Monitoring Using Multiple Wearables
As body-worn sensors are becoming cheaper and easier to use, there arises the possibility of complex continuous health tracking using numerous devices all at once. Because they can use quite a bit of power as well as computing resources, to...
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NASA is Looking for Help Designing a Space Suit that Collects Space Poop
If mankind will one day be spending extended time exploring the far reaches of space, they'll have to design new methods and systems to address the bodily needs of the astronaut explorers. In emergency situations, such as loss of air pressure,...
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Diagnostic Device Keeps Astronauts Checked Up for Distant Space Trips
Scientists at NASA’s Ames Research Center, the University of California, Davis, and Sandia National Laboratories have developed a small diagnostic instrument intended to be used by astronauts while on long space missions. It's expected that...
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