Medical
This project introduces SmartRaman, a portable, AI-powered Raman spectroscopic device designed to rapidly detect and quantify bioactive compounds in medicinal plants. Targeting researchers, pharmaceutical developers, and clinicians, SmartRaman aims to simplify field-level chemical diagnostics for plants such as Aloe vera, Brassica oleracea (red cabbage), and Haloxylon ammodendron.
The device integrates a compact Raman laser scanner,
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to pose a major global health threat, causing over a million deaths annually and disproportionately affecting populations in low- and middle-income countries. Drug resistance, diagnostic delays, and inconsistent access to care further complicate control efforts. Existing diagnostic methods are often too slow, too expensive,
Opioid addiction is a major public health crisis that is becoming worse, 2.4 million Americans have been diagnosed with opioid dependence, and overdoses have increased, creating and economic burden of more than $78 billion/yr. Drug overdose deaths in 2021 were highest in people 35-44 years of age (62 deaths/100,000 in 2021) according to the CDC,
BioSeal™ is an innovative, field-ready containment system designed to safely isolate human or animal corpses in settings where traditional mortuary infrastructure is absent, unsafe, or overwhelmed. Built for crises such as pandemics, natural disasters, armed conflict, or mass livestock mortality events, BioSeal™ offers a modular and scalable approach to emergency bio-containment and infection control in crisis zones.
Purpose of the headwear:
The collapsible protective headwear is comprised of helmet, earmuffs, eyewear, and facemask components designed to provide protection from head impacts, loud noises, and shield the eyes, nose and mouth from particulates when deployed.
A modular genomic engineering device designed to repair, replicate, and reintroduce complex lifeforms across the biological spectrum. Created as a conservation tool and a regenerative medical platform, representing a convergence of synthetic biology, AI assisted gene editing, recombination and interspecies ecological logic.
Unlike single-purpose laboratory instruments,
In the US 6.5 million people have Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). In 2023, Alzheimer's and other dementias cost the US $345 billion. The lifetime cost for a person living with dementia is ~$392,000. The human cost is incalculable.
Signs of AD develop in the brain when people are in their 40’s and 50’s.
Allow Motion revolutionizes upper-limb prosthetics with a modular, 3D-printed myoelectric system that adapts to any amputation level—from partial hand to full arm—via customizable, lightweight designs. By integrating AI-driven gesture recognition and 3D scanning of residual limbs, it eliminates the need for invasive surgery or pre-programmed patterns, enabling seamless human-machine interaction.
Understanding how cells behave and change within living tissues is essential for advancing medicine-whether it's studying how tumors grow, testing the effectiveness of new drugs, or exploring how the immune system responds to infection and injury.
Our team has created a new powerful imaging platform called dSLAM (deep and dynamic simultaneous label-free imaging of autofluorescence and multiharmonic).
Mosquito-borne diseases devastate communities worldwide, infecting hundreds of millions and causing over 700,000 deaths each year. In many resource-limited regions, affordable, scalable mosquito control is unavailable. Existing solutions are costly, require maintenance or electricity, and cannot be deployed at sufficient scale, leaving lives at risk.
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