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NH Business Review

Apr 25, 2019

A hub for tech entrepreneurship

With 120 software, biotechnology and medical technology companies in the Upper Valley, a variety of stakeholders are energized to expand the region's connection to the global industry of biomedical innovation.

The Dartmouth

Apr 25, 2019

Students advance in NASA competition

A team of eight Dartmouth students was one of five finalists for NASA's Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-Changing Idea Challenge.

Design News

Apr 25, 2019

Tiny Device Harvests Energy from the Heart

Dartmouth engineers have developed a tiny device that can be integrated into pacemakers to harvest energy from the heart, eliminating the need for batteries.

engineering.com

Apr 25, 2019

New Device Enables the Heart to Power Life-Saving Devices

A device developed by researchers from Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth as part of a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Digital Trends

Apr 25, 2019

Energy-harvesting gizmo powers medical implants using your own heartbeat

'In this work, we developed a new design for energy harvesting that can be miniaturized and integrated within existing pacemakers,' says Dartmouth engineering professor Zi Chen.

CNET

Apr 25, 2019

Scientists want to power pacemakers with energy from your heart

Researchers at Dartmouth are working on a thin polymer applied to existing pacemakers that could harvest the heart's mechanical energy to charge the battery.

Engadget

Apr 25, 2019

Self-charging pacemakers are powered by patients' heartbeats

Colleagues at Thayer and UT Health San Antonio have invented a dime-sized device that turns the kinetic energy of the heart into electricity that could power a range of implantable devices.

Xconomy

Apr 15, 2019

Alector IPO Banks $176M to Test Alzheimer's Drugs in Clinical Trials

Professor Tillman Gerngross's company, Alector, which offers an immunotherapy approach to Alzheimer's disease, has raised approximately $176 million in an initial public offering.

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