Medical
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DEX Expo 2014 – Coquitlam
DEX is a table-top tradeshow where engineers, product developers, machine builders and systems integrators can discuss, network, and solicit advice on the latest technologies and applications that drive their businesses.Read more → -
Canadian high tech eyewear returns sight to legally blind
Ottawa-based firm’s eSight glasses allows near-blind to read, watch TV.Read more → -
U of T electronic chip identifies deadly pathogens in minutes
Bio-tech breakthrough, which also spots drug resistance, designed to boost effectiveness of antibiotics.Read more → -
HemoSep tech recycles patient’s blood during surgery
Biomedical engineering breakthrough receives Canadian national approval for use.Read more → -
Sonic Screwdriver takes a step closer to reality
Scottish physicists levitate rubber disk to demonstrate fundamental physics of sci-fi device.Read more → -
Canadian team develops method to make medical isotope sans reactor
Cyclotron process could alleviate hospitals’ dependence on shaky supply from Chalk River and other such reactors.Read more → -
Fascinating, Jim: X Prize Foundation launches Star Trek Tricorder competition
Futuristic healthcare gadget to net winner $10 Million prize.Read more → -
Canadian robotic brain surgeon nears regulatory approval
Approval of IMRIS’s Advancing Image Guided Surgical Robotics Program expected in early 2012.Read more → -
UBC implantable device to treat vision loss
Researchers’ microfluidic drug delivery mechanism could also lead to improved cancer treatment.Read more → -
Mechanical fingers restore function to amputees
SolidWorks helps medical inventor craft natural looking and moving prosthetic fingers.Read more →
