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Organ-on-a-Chip Determines if Injected Medicines Work
Around 16 billion injections are performed worldwide each year, mostly for therapeutic applications including the delivery of biologics such as insulin and monoclonal antibodies. Compared to intravenous injections, subcutaneous injections are…
DBD
- Yelena Bisharyan
Investigators
- Samir Mitragotri
Supermode Optical Resonator
Optical resonators trap light and amplify it to build power. They then emit it in a more controlled powerful form. They are used as laser sources, signal amplifiers, and sensors. They make telecommunications more efficient by enabling information to…
DBD
- Sam Liss
Investigators
- Federico Capasso
- Vincent Ginis
- Cristina Benea-Chelmus
- Jinsheng Lu
- Marco Piccardo
Net-Zero House with Living Lab Provides Testbed for Sustainable Innovations
HouseZero is a data-driven living laboratory to drive a greater understanding of building in real-world use and the headquarters for the Harvard Center For Green Buildings And Cities. The original home was built in Cambridge, Massachusetts before…
DBD
- Sam Liss
Investigators
- Ali Malkawi
Soft Upper-Body Robot for Stroke Survivors
Stroke survivors often have difficulty with upper body movement, and rehabilitation at home can be challenging. Exoskeletons can be incredibly beneficial for ergonomic structural support in rehabilitation, but due to their size, cost, and…
DBD
- Sam Liss
Investigators
- Conor Walsh
- Thomas Proietti
- Ciaran O'Neill
Silicone-based Wearable Sensors for Higher Reliability and Performance
Flexible sensors are attached to a surface to measure the amount of deflection or bending. They are well suited to measuring movement in various applications, including human-machine interfaces and rehabilitation. However, strain detectors developed…
DBD
- Sam Liss
Investigators
- Conor Walsh
- Oluwaseun Araromi
- Addison Liu
- Robert Wood
Robotic Grasping via Entanglement
Picking up and moving irregular or fragile objects can be difficult to automate. Robotic graspers require awareness of the object's shape and areas of fragility. The pressure must be strong enough to hold the object's weight but delicate enough not…
DBD
- Sam Liss
Investigators
- Robert Wood
- Kaitlyn Becker
- Nicholas Charles
- Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan
- Clark Teeple