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How can smart contact lenses monitor and treat eye conditions?

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At Purdue University , Dr Chi Hwan Lee is using his skills as a biomedical engineer to develop smart contact lenses that can both monitor the condition and deliver drugs to combat it. TALK LIKE A BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER. FIELD OF RESEARCH : Biomedical Engineering. ABOUT BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING.

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Plugging in: directly linking the brain to a computer

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Daniel Leong (CT’s PhD student) using AR-based BCI to issue commands to a walking robot. CT Lin supervising brain-robot interface research. Dr Fred Chang (right) and Daniel Leong in CT’s team performing brain-robot interface research. I want to improve the flow of information from humans to robots. CT’s top tips.

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What causes problems with the lower urinary tract?

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Robotic surgery allows for very complicated surgery to be done with more precision, flexibility and control than open surgery as it is performed through very small incisions,” says Cindy. . • In addition, math skills that will help would be algebra, geometry, statistics and probability,” she adds.