<div class="page photo" style=""> <article> <header style=" background-image:url(/imageLibrary/7K0A0664_2117.JPG); "> <div class="box"> <div class="intro" style="color: #ff7f2a;"> <h1 style="color: #ff7f2a !important;">What's New</h1> <p class="summary"></p> </div> </div> </header> <div class="main"> <div class="container"> <p class="byline"> </p> <p><img src="/uploads/548a3e5560b12_2117.JPG" unselectable="on"></p><h4></h4><h4></h4><h4><a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/biomedical/imaging/flourescent-camera-pill-can-hunt-for-cancer-in-your-guts" target="_blank">Flourescent Camera Pill Could Hunt for Cancer in Your Guts</a></h4><p>Dec&nbsp;12, 2015 by Jeremy Hsu</p><p><img src="/uploads/567b9146d403c.jpg" unselectable="on"></p><p>Photo: University of Glasgow</p><p>A swallowable camera pill is the first to use fluorescent light to help detect cancer in the human throat or gut. The new device made by Scottish researchers could replace the clumsy endoscope “snake” cameras often used to check out a patient’s innards.</p><p>Existing camera pills rely upon visible light to illuminate the patient’s passages. The new camera pill takes a step farther with a wireless version of fluorescence endoscopy—a method of detecting certain molecules in human tissue that naturally give off green light after absorbing the energy of blue light. Such a method can help detect cancer in the intestines, bowel, and esophagus because cancerous tissue can have up to three times higher concentrations of such molecules. </p><p><img src="/uploads/567b9198478e1.jpg" unselectable="on"></p><p>Illustration : University of Glasgow</p><p>“The system we’ve developed is small enough and power efficient enough to image the entire human gastrointestinal tract for up to 14 hours,” said Mohammed Al-Rawhani, an electrical engineer at the University of Glasgow in Scotland</p><p><a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/biomedical/imaging/flourescent-camera-pill-can-hunt-for-cancer-in-your-guts" target="_blank">Read more</a></p><p><img src="/uploads/54ad19735dcd3_2117.jpg" unselectable="on"></p><h4></h4><h4></h4><h4></h4><h4></h4><h4></h4><h4></h4><h4></h4><h4></h4><h4></h4><h4></h4><h4><a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/get-ready-for-the-worlds-first-cyborg-olympics" target="_blank">Get Ready for the World’s First Cyborg Olympics</a> </h4><p>posted&nbsp;18 Dec 2015 by Eliza Strickland</p><p><strong>Michael McClellan flashes a thumbs-up sign</strong> as he speeds by on a recumbent tricycle, breathing hard but smiling behind dark sunglasses. He pedals along a paved path that loops through a leafy park in Cleveland, passing office workers enjoying alfresco lunches on a warm June day. They chew their sandwiches, oblivious to the guy on the trike. They have no idea that McClellan is paralyzed from the waist down, and that they’re watching something extraordinary. It’s a training session for one of the world’s first competitive cyborg cyclists.</p><p>McClellan is preparing for the <a href="http://www.cybathlon.ethz.ch/">Cybathlon</a>, the first ever cyborg Olympics, coming to a stadium in Zurich in October 2016. In these games, the competitors will use advanced technologies to compensate for disabilities like paralysis and limb amputation. In the cycling race, for example, paraplegic competitors will use electrical stimulation systems to jolt their paralyzed legs into action; electrodes and muscles will work in tandem to propel their trikes forward.</p><p><img src="/uploads/567b925790db4.jpg" unselectable="on"></p><p><strong>Gearing Up: </strong>In a November training session, cyborg cyclist Michael McClellan takes a turn around a Cleveland park.</p><p>By inviting engineers from academia and industry to build new technologies and train pilots for the Cybathlon, Riener hopes to spur innovation. And to ensure that the resulting gear will be useful beyond the context of the stadium, the Cybathlon’s events will incorporate those routine tasks of daily life. In the race for people with powered leg prosthetics, pilots will climb stairs and walk across stepping-stones. During the obstacle course for amputees with powered arm prosthetics, the pilots must slice loaves of bread and open jars of jam, ordinary breakfast rituals that become exasperating when attempted one-handed.</p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tN8-G-Ynmj8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><p>The 80 teams expected at the Cybathlon will arrive in Zurich from all over the world. There will be coverage by the BBC and Japan’s NHK, among other major networks, and if the games are a hit, the next Cybathlon could take place in Tokyo in conjunction with the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.</p><p><a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/get-ready-for-the-worlds-first-cyborg-olympics" target="_blank">Read more</a></p><h4></h4><h4></h4> </div> </div> </article> </div><!-- /page-->