prostheticknowledge: OpenSurgeryRobotic design project by Frank Kolkman explores the idea of open source medical technology and whether an approach would be disruptive:The OpenSurgery initiative investigates whether building DIY surgical robots, outside the scope of...

crossconnectmag: Keeping Hearts and Lungs Alive for TransplantHeart and Lung transplants use to require transporting the donor organs on ice in coolers to the patient. Now new technology keeps the organs alive and pumping or breathing while they are being transported....

emergentfutures:This Microchip Will Deliver Drugs in Your Body by Remote ControlBiomedical engineer Robert Langer has pioneered controlled release drug delivery methods and basically invented tissue engineering (making body parts in the lab). His next trick: an...