In Your Ear: A Multimodal Hearables Device for the Assessment of the State of Body and Mind

In Your Ear: A Multimodal Hearables Device for the Assessment of the State of Body and Mind

In Your Ear: A Multimodal Hearables Device for the Assessment of the State of Body and Mind 789 444 IEEE Pulse

It is predicted that the global shipment of smart wearables will approach 302.2 million devices in 2023, increasing from 222.9 million devices in 2019.

Meeting the Challenges of Surgical Device Design and Translation for Global Use

Meeting the Challenges of Surgical Device Design and Translation for Global Use

Meeting the Challenges of Surgical Device Design and Translation for Global Use 789 444 IEEE Pulse

The need for viable global health solutions—and particularly solutions for global surgery—are paramount. In response, a research group at the University of Leeds, U.K., has been working in concert with a multidisciplinary team to develop retractor for abdominal insufflation-less surgery (RAIS), a gasless laparoscopy system that enables crucial surgery in low-resource settings.

Noninvasive Injectables for Chronic Low Back Pain

Noninvasive Injectables for Chronic Low Back Pain

Noninvasive Injectables for Chronic Low Back Pain 789 444 IEEE Pulse

New technology offers help for failing discs in efforts to reduce pain and restore function

To Sleep, Perchance to Dream

To Sleep, Perchance to Dream

To Sleep, Perchance to Dream 789 444 IEEE Pulse

In today’s world there are many ways to fend off tiredness and put off the urge to sleep, but there is a growing body of evidence that suggests sleep disruption could be severely damaging to our physical and mental health

Enrich Your Horizon With IEEE EMBS Student Mentoring Program

Enrich Your Horizon With IEEE EMBS Student Mentoring Program

Enrich Your Horizon With IEEE EMBS Student Mentoring Program 789 444 IEEE Pulse

Why hesitate to be a part of the IEEE EMBS Student Mentoring Program? “A wonderful experience” is the right phrase to describe the program in 2022 from IEEE EMBS

Pulse Ideas

Engineering for the Under-Resourced 150 150 IEEE Pulse

Engineering for the Under-Resourced

What does it mean to advance technology for humanity? Does it beg us to ask, “Define technology?” and “What segment of Humanity?” As we peruse through the plethora of publications in the various EMBS journals, there is clearly no shortage of innovation using the latest and greatest technology.

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Consciousness for Artificial Intelligence? 150 150 IEEE Pulse

Consciousness for Artificial Intelligence?

Can artificial intelligence (AI) systems ever achieve anything close to consciousness? There is presently an intense speculation about whether they can or cannot.

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Beyond Undergraduate School: A Graduate Student’s First Steps Into Biomedical Research 150 150 IEEE Pulse

Beyond Undergraduate School: A Graduate Student’s First Steps Into Biomedical Research

Transitioning from undergraduate to graduate school is a looming obstacle in the academic journey of many biomedical engineers. To better understand this transition, we’ve invited one person to discuss her trek from an undergraduate degree to a graduate lab, including insights about current research and advice to prospective graduate students.

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Join the EMBS

In an era where technology is expanding at a rapid rate and the needs for medical application of these technologies has never been greater, the intersection between engineering, medicine and biology is a critical place to be. The IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society is well-positioned to serve as a central gathering point for both of these major disciplines.