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R&D Magazine
Shape-Shifting Robots Show Promise as Drug-Delivery System
Researchers from Dartmouth and City U of Hong Kong have developed a new shape-shifting micro robot that may someday be able able to swim through the blood stream to deliver drugs.
May 23, 2019
Zenopa
Light-controlled robot could facilitate precise drug delivery
Researchers at Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth and City University of Hong Kong have developed a light-controlled, shape-changing robot by combining a light-sensitive gel, cardiac tissue engineering and a 3D-printed wing structure.
May 21, 2019
The New York Times
How Tiger Woods Won the Back Surgery Lottery
In a story about golfer Tiger Woods' spinal-fusion operation and subsequent Masters victory, "The New York Times" turns for comment to Dartmouth engineering professor and spinal surgery expert Sohail Mirza.
May 21, 2019
Medicaldevice-network.com
Low battery: finding alternative ways to power medical devices
Researchers have created devices which "will be self-charged by the energy harvested directly from the human body,” as explained by study lead and Dartmouth professor of engineering John Zhang.
May 21, 2019
Business Recorder
Researchers create 'flying whale' robot to move around within body
Engineers at Dartmouth and City University of Hong Kong have created a tiny 3D-printed robot that incorporates a flapping whale-flukes-like tail and wings that can fold up or down as required.
May 21, 2019
The Telegraph
Tiny 'flying whale' robot could swim through the body to deliver drugs
Engineers are developing a tiny "flying whale" robot capable of swimming through the body to deliver drugs directly to cancer cells.
May 20, 2019
The Engineer
Shape-changing robot promises targeted drug delivery
“With this technology we can create soft transformable robots with unprecedented manoeuvrability,” said Zi Chen, a professor of engineering at Dartmouth.
May 16, 2019
NBC5
Dartmouth College students win NASA competition
A group of Dartmouth College students won NASA's Big Idea Challenge. The students designed a greenhouse for Mars.
May 16, 2019