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An archive of past Life Sciences Technology Feature Articles.

Awards, Awards, Awards!

Congratulations to the 2012 EMBS Award Recipients Annually, EMBS recognizes outstanding contributions of its members to the Society and the field of biomedical engineering. EMBS is proud to announce the 2012 EMBS Award Recipients!

Physiological Signals of Autistic Children Can be Useful

By Karla Conn Welch

Robot-Assisted Needle Steering

By Kyle B. Reed, Ann Majewicz, Vinutha Kallem, Ron Alterovitz, Ken Goldberg, Noah J. Cowan, and Allison M. Okamura

On A Chip - BioMEMS in Clinical and Point-Of-Care Applications

By Nicholas Watkins, Daniel Irimia, Mehmet Toner, and Rashid Bashir

Brain-Machine-Brain Wireless Interfaces for Intracortical Biosensing and Subsequent Treatments

By Mohamad Sawan

New Biosensor Chip Picks Up Heart Signals Remotely

By Willie D. Jones

Ultrasound for Mind Reading

Ultrasound transducers could make a better brain-computer interface

By Charles Q. Choi

NOTE: This article appeared in the IEEE Spectrum Online in September 2011.

Disability and Technology

Engineering a More Equitable Ireland:

By Ted Burke, Annraoi de Paor, and Eugene Coyle

Many of the practical difficulties faced by people with disabilities can be addressed through assistive technology. Engineers who are not directly involved in the disability sector should be aware that by designing devices, environments, and amenities so that they are accessible to people with the widest range of abilities, they can promote greater equality of opportunity in education, employment, and citizenship for disabled people.

Advances in Neurotechnology Lead to 'Thought-Driven' Navigation of Virtual Helicopter in 3-D Space

A helicopter in a virtual world can be controlled by 'thought,' as decoded from electrical signals generated by the brain. Recent work by Dr. Bin He and his group at the University of Minnesota demonstrated such possibility.

From Molecular Electronics to Proteonics: Break Junctions for Biomarker Detection

By Ehsan A. Q. Syed ^1,2, Waseem Asghar ^1,2, Joseph A. Billo ^1,2, Azhar Ilyas ^1,2, and Samir M. Iqbal ^{1,2,3 *}
¹Department of Electrical Engineering, ²Nanotechnology Research and Teaching Facility, ³Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Texas at Arlington and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
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