| Versatile Continuum Robots with Variable Stiffness Control for Improved Positioning and Manipulation |
- Continuum robot design offers stiffness control continuously along the length of a guidewire or at variable discrete locations along the structure’s length.
- Versatile design is not restricted to one actuator type along the length of the guidewire, and elements can be placed along any section of the guidewire body.
- With better control of the wire positioning within a patient’s anatomy, it may be possible to improve treatment outcomes.
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| Saliva-Based Multiplexed Assay with 25x Higher Sensitivity to SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A and B |
- New lateral flow assay device achieves enhanced sensitivity with the same sample concentration, significantly reducing the risk of false negatives.
- Tunable capillary flow allows sample/reagent to be concurrently delivered to multiple regions, enabling multiplexed and repetitive assays on a single device.
- Transforms a variety of biological assays and tests performed at clinical laboratories into single-use, disposable dipstick tests to be used at the point of care or home.
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| High-Precision, Hands-Free Remote Control of Complex Robotic Systems Via Eye Movements |
- This two-camera eye-tracking system (TCES) integrates a commercial eye tracker with machine-learning technology for continuous real-time classification of gaze and eye directions for robotic arm control.
- The system provides highly accurate classification for four directions of eye movement and has achieved 99.99% accuracy in studies.
- Using simple eye movement, the TCES offers low-cost, high-precision control of external devices/hardware for people with disabilities, surgery robots, warehouse systems, construction tools, and more.
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| Electric Field Treatment Creates Safe, Effective Antimicrobial Surfaces |
- Creates safe, effective antimicrobial surfaces via bacteria inactivation without the use of chemicals
- Targets cell membranes or capsid, is less likely to induce antimicrobial resistance, and should be effective for antibiotic-resistant bacteria
- Requires very short electrical pulses to achieve effective bacteria inactivation, potentially leading to better antifouling performance
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| Quantitative, Performance-Driven Framework for Optimal Desalination Architectures and Energy Subsystems |
- Incorporate and simultaneously compare attributes of multiple types of both desalting systems and energy subsystems for optimal system architectures
- Assess parameters that impact overall cost to discover complete architectures that would not have been discoverable using traditional methods.
- Focus on renewable energy subsystems such as solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, and others to create complete desalination architectures that are cleaner and more water efficient than their conventional counterparts.
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| Hybrid Molecular Catalysts: A New Blueprint for Catalyst Design, Preparation, and Testing |
- Attachment of molecular catalysts to solid supports can lead to new reactivity not seen under homogeneous conditions
- At an optimal atomic layer deposition (ALD) layer thickness, the molecular catalyst remains highly active while still being resistant to surface detachment and subsequent deactivation
- Catalyst separation and recovery achieved via a simple filtering and washing process rather than energy- and time-intensive distillation or re-crystallization processes
- In addition to the simple filter-and-wash process mentioned above, encapsulation requires only about 10 reaction cycles, making this process technologically and economically viable for large-scale manufacturing
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