On diabetic foot, wound healing, amputation prevention, and the merger of consumer tech with medical devices
Large language models can describe the world. Embodied AI must act in it. The likely progression—from factories, to hospitals, to homes—is a rising test of repeatability, accountability, and trust.
A new Science Robotics study from Northwestern and the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab virtually couples a therapist's and a stroke survivor's exoskeletons so they feel each other's movements in real time — turning "walk a mile in your patient's shoes" into an actual control law, with a clear path toward home-based, remote gait rehab.
Tiny Robots, Big Gains: Is Nanobotics the Future of Limb Salvage? The "holy grail" of wound healing has always been a treatment that doesn't just sit on the wound but actively works within it. Traditional dressings—even the fancy ones—are largely passive barriers. But a groundbreaking review recently published in the International Journal of Nanomedicine suggests... Continue Reading →
