Enjoyable session we had yesterday with international agents to promote our AUT University Engineering programs.
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Challenges of #education for the 21st century? My quick notes from Prof. César Coll
1. Quality and equity: Achieve quality education for everyone
2. Manifest the meaning: why and what for to study what is taught
3. Interconnect the learning that it is currently distributed

Note for motor #rehabilitation devices: Triboelectric nanogenerator that directly stimulates nerves using low-amperage electricity, without batteries but ultrasound through the extradermal layer. Nice work!
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Is it time to transition from #robotics to micro and #nanorobotics in the design of #medicaldevices ? Colleagues from Spain have used self-propelling nanobots to reduce bladder tumor. Conglaturation Samuel Sánchez and team IBEC
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Interesting to follow Osteoboost device by Bone Health Technologies, to treat #osteoporosis / #osteopenia via low-frequency vibrations to the lumbar spine and hips. The device has received FDA clearance for treating #postmenopausal people
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Robotic exosuit eliminated gait freezing, a common and highly debilitating symptom for individual with Parkinson’s disease
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An improved design by powered ankle-foot components of prothethics seems to provide a significant reduction in pain for patients, compared with patients whose prostheses have passive components.
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Ein großes Dankeschön! Thanks a lot! Frankfurter Allgemeine (Diemut Klärner) for the echo. We are pleased to see the article is much liked!
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A reflection towards the new year. 14 Ways Humanity Could Drive Itself to Extinction: 1-simplification, 2-growth-for-growth, 3-chemical pollution, 4-short-termism, 5-overconsumption,6-dis- and misinformation, 7-...
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Winter?

Kia ora koutou! A pleasure to be running an #Engineering workshop at AUT University Māori and Pacific STEM camp. I belive we had a good time together. Great future #university students! Ngā mihi!

Wondering about the future of #medicaltechnology ?
My notes after reading The Future report:
1. ROBOTIC SURGERY
2.SELF-DIAGNOSIS AND PREVENTIVE TREATMENT
3.BIONICS BODY REPLACEMENTS
4.MIGRATION FROM HOSPITALS TO HOSPITALS-AT-HOME
5.LESS MEDICAL WASTE
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#NewArticle

New Insights into #SeaTurtle Propulsion and Their Cost of Transport Point to a Potential New Generation of High-Efficient #UnderwaterDrones for #OceanExploration mdpi.com/2512094 #mdpijmse via JMSE MDPI AUT University

MDPI Biology MDPI Engineering
#CFD

Printed robots with bones, ligaments, and tendons.... Good technology for #biominmetics #biomechanical design research!
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A gel that regenerates muscle seeks to treat pelvic floor dysfunctions. A study in rats with injuries like those caused by childbirth in women predicts new treatments for pathologies such as genital prolapse and incontinence.
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

#leadership use over time ... Another fashion?

Thanks Prof. Philip Hill for this article inviting to reflect and debate: 'The perils to our universities from the rise of managerialism'
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