This New Bone-Healing Patch Turns Broken Bones Into Superpowers
Anyone who’s spent time around a child with a broken bone knows the drill. There are the doctor visits, the X-rays, the anxious waiting to…
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Smart Healing: A Concept For AI Powered Burn Treatment
We’ve reached that fascinating point where medical care is starting to look less like a hospital trip and more like a beautifully designed tech accessory…
This Shape-Shifting Bed Care Device Uses Airbags to Protect Patients Around the Clock
For elderly individuals or patients confined to bed for extended periods, whether due to surgery, chronic illness, immobility, or long-term care, pressure ulcers are among…
This Stretching Device Pays You Real Rewards to Fix Your Posture
You know that feeling when you’ve been hunched over your laptop for three hours straight and your shoulders are basically living rent-free up by your…
A Diabetes Device You’d Actually Want to Carry Every Day
I’ll be honest. When I was first diagnosed with diabetes, one of my biggest fears wasn’t just managing my blood sugar or giving myself injections….
This First-Response Drone’s Bladeless Design Could Change Emergency Rescue Forever
You know, we see a lot of drone concepts float across our screens, and most of them look like they were designed by either the…
This LEGO Reflexology Mat Turns a Parent’s Worst Nightmare into Physical Therapy
The only thing worse than ‘Floor is Lava’ is probably ‘Floor is LEGO Brick’. LEGO bricks are famously torturous to step on. The studs, the…
This Handheld Detector Could Change How We Hunt for Pathogens
Remember when COVID-19 tests felt like this rare commodity you’d wait hours for? What if a clinician could detect not just COVID-19, but cholera and…
This $599 Camera From Kohler Sits on Your Toilet to Track Your Health
Let me be honest: when I first heard about a camera for your toilet, my initial reaction was less “wow, innovative” and more “absolutely not.”…
This Prosthetic Leg Celebrates Athletic Bodies, Not Hides Them
There’s something quietly revolutionary happening in prosthetic design, and it starts with a simple question: why should replacement limbs apologize for existing? For too long,…
Hearo Helps People With Hearing Loss Finally Sleep in Peace
Picture this: you take out your hearing aids before bed, ready for sleep. But instead of feeling relaxed, anxiety creeps in. What if there’s a…
This Toilet Tablet Changes Color When It Detects Kidney Disease
Sometimes the most brilliant innovations come from the most personal places. When student designer Yidan Xu watched her father struggle with chronic kidney disease that…