Your smartwatch knows how many steps you took and how fast your heart beat, but it has almost no idea what your hands are doing. That blind spot matters, because hands are how people act on the world, and for amputees and patients in care settings, tracking hand and arm movement can be clinically meaningful. Engineers at Northwestern University's SPICE Lab say a standard smartwatch can do far more here than it does today.According to Northwestern's November 4, 2026 announcement, the lab has bui...
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Life-Saving Infant Incubator That Requires No Electricity
A new portable and reusable infant incubator that requires no electricity and minimal costs was invented by Jane Chen and Rajan Patel.
These two innovators came up with an innovative infant warmer which is simple, energy-efficient, and cost-effective.
Every year 20 million babies are born premature with low birth weight and they struggle to survive because they cannot regulate their body temperature and they don't have enough fat on their tiny bodies to keep warm.
The solution is to kee...
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