Free for a Limited Time: ASMEs Journal of Medical Devices fo...
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ Journal of Medical Devices made a special issue available free and open to...
Engineering for Change
Interest: Health
Technology is essential to good health worldwide. Product designers are revealing its potential with devices such as paper-based rapid disease diagnostics, accurate male circumcision tools that can reduce the rate of HIV infection, and suites of telemedicine tools that put doctors on screens right in a patient’s home. Medical devices are the link between good design and good health.
Interest: Health
New Technology Could Make Life More Bearable in Refugee Camp...
I volunteered in the Moria Refugee Camp in Lesvos, Greece in March 2018. Serving as a field interpreter, I was on call with the search-and-rescue team responding to boat...
Five Questions for Kathy Ku, Co-Founder of SPOUTS of Water
Kathy Ku is a medical student who has applied her engineering background to co-found a water filter manufacturing company in Uganda, then later to improve operations at a free...
Reviewed: Aidex Aid Innovation Challenge Finalists
A one-stop eyeglasses prescription device that evaluates vision and provides the correct lenses for (USD) $5 won the AidEx Aid Innovation Challenge, announced in November in Brussels. USee, a...
Five Questions with Dr. Donna Brezinski, Delivering Portable...
Few devices make the leap from serving people in emerging economies to store shelves in the global West. And fewer still are medical devices, many of which require regulatory...
Fellow Visionaries
Editor’s note: Eye care venture PlenOptika found that contrary to common assumptions, the reason more people in the world don’t wear glasses isn’t from lack of need or because...
It Will Take a Lot More Than Free Menstrual Pads to End Peri...
All of those who menstruate, wherever they live, experience challenges when managing their period. These might include a lack of products, toilets or disposal facilities, enduring pain, being bullied...
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The Development of Ukweli Test Strips
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Period Poverty Occurs in the United States, Too
When you hear about the lack of menstrual hygiene knowledge, products and access you generally picture women and girls...
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Research Brief: Large-Scale Stove and Water Filter Delivery Is Linked to Improved Children’s Health
A new large-scale trial of clean-burning rocket stoves and water filters in the poorest households in Western Province, Rwanda,...
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Saving mothers, Giving Life: One Solution at a Time
“Saving Mothers, Giving Life has undeniably raised the bar in how we address maternal perinatal mortality,” said Dr. Florina...
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Ten Cold Chain Solutions, from Evaporation to Camelback
Off-grid cold-chain technologies keep the important things cold in places where electricity and infrastructure are in short supply. Natural...
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iShow India 2019 Awards Silk, Stoves and Stethoscopes
A stove for the Himalayas, a solar-powered silk reeler and an upgraded stethoscope won iShow India 2019, sponsored by...
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I Experienced the Same Taboos as the Women in the Documentary ‘Period. End of Sentence’
Period. End of Sentence, a short film on menstrual hygiene from India, beat eight other international contenders to win...
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A Developer’s Challenge: Building Mobile Tech for the Developing World
We are in the age of near-constant innovation. From the latest smartphone models, to connected personal medical devices, to...
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Origins of a Startup: The Mechanical Engineer Nneile Nkholise Founded iMed Tech in South Africa
The following is an excerpt from the book Founding Women: African Women Who Are Defying the Odds to Build...
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