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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. WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES OF CREATING WEARABLE BIOMEDICAL DEVICES? ABOUT BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING.

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How can we detect and prevent brain injuries?

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Professor Christian Franck, from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is working on a programme that he hopes will improve the prevention and detection of TBIs. Participants wear cutting-edge, flexible sensors which track how their heads move in different situations.

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