Summary: Digital health promises a paradigm shift for medicine where biomarkers in individuals are continuously monitored to improve diagnosis and treatment of disease. To that end, a technology for minimally invasive quantification of endogenous analytes in bodily fluids will be required. Here, we describe a strategy for designing and fabricating hydrogel microfilaments that can penetrate the skin while allowing for… Read more →
Author: starletbeam
Homemade Mosaics
These cute little mosaic necklaces were made with leftover 5x5x3mm mosaic tiles (from Amazon, 1000pc multicolor for about $15). I also got some “trays” which are the gold things below. They were 25mm x 50mm which was perfect for fitting in the tiles. The last part of the puzzle is the glue – I used Weldbond to glue them down… Read more →
Kuka LWR and UR5 Robotic Arm Programming in ROS
What defines a robot? Just kidding, I won’t get into that! However, I wanted to share some of what I learned from a lovely “introductory” robotics course I took at Columbia University, taught by Dr. Matei Ciocarlie. This course was full of twists and turns for someone without any robotic navigation experience, but was a magical way to describe movement… Read more →
NextSentry Wearable Lung Fluid Monitor
Our team developed a wearable lung fluid monitor to provide valuable independence through feedback for patients with congestive heart failure. As if managing the fundamental blood flow functionality of the heart wasn’t hard enough – CHF patients must also restrict fluid intake and take diuretics to prevent sudden and deadly fluid buildup in the lungs with NO feedback mechanism. NextSentry’s… Read more →
Decoding Imagined Movement
In Columbia’s Brain Computer Interface class, run by Dr. Nima Mesgarani in the Electrical Engineering Department, our last lab assignment involved taking EEG recordings from one of our lab members (s/o to Jacob and Liang) during either left or right imagined movement. These EEG recordings are processed to reveal subtle differences in the motor cortex – resulting from just imagining… Read more →
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