Disease

In a completely different kind of germ warfare, researchers have tested out a way to drop mosquitoes infected with disease-fighting bacteria over populations prone to outbreaks of dengue fever. It's an ingenious way to scale up a proven solution.

If you're trying to disperse 300,000 disease-fighting mosquitos per day, using a drone may well be your best bet for doing so. The technology has already been tested in Brazil, where it showed very promising results.

​Killing up to 200,000 people annually, schistosomiasis is one of THE most deadly parasitic diseases in the world, second only to malaria. Soon, however, prawn aquaculture could be used to control the snails that spread it – and to provide revenue for people in developing nations.

Over the last ten years, a new type of malaria has been on the rise in the forests of Southeast Asia. By using drones to observe the environment from above, researchers are gaining a new perspective on how changes to the terrain may be impacting local wildlife and causing the spread of the disease.

Alongside NBA figurines and pizza, 3D printing technology continues to provide valuable solutions in the field of medicine. Mobelife, a Belgian implant design company, has 3D printed a custom hip implant, giving a once wheelchair-consigned teenager the ability to walk on her own.

Star Syringes' K1 Auto Disposable syringe can only be used once, to reduce the spread of disease through the reuse of syringes on multiple patients.

A new device, which is pierced through a patient's throat, allows them to swallow by using their hand.

The Eyewriter project has developed a low-cost, open source eye-tracking system that will allow graffiti writers and artists with paralysis to draw using only their eyes.