What do reading glasses, adjustable office chairs, touchscreens, your computer keyboard, email, and bendy straws all have in common? They all evolved from solutions meant to aid those with disabilities, and yet turned out to improve the lives of everyone. We call this Universal Design;...
CoolTech LLC, a med-tech startup in Baltimore, approached Key Tech with an interesting proposition; could we help them develop their new CoolStat ™ device, used to lower body temperature in patients that have stubborn, unresponsive fever? Their device would cool the patient using nothing but...
Are engineers, programmers, physicists and designers born or are they crafted? Is it the unquenchable curiosity about how things work that defines us? Is it the innate passion for taking things apart, figuring out what makes them go, putting them back together, making them better,...
Last December, the FDA issued a Class I recall for the Alaris Pump module, which delivers medicine intravenously into a person's body. A Class I recall is issued in situations where a malfunctioning device could cause injury or death to a person. The problem with the...
A recent BBC article showcases a prototype GE MRI scanner specifically designed for neonatal infants. The MRI is in trials at Royal Hallamshire Hospital in the UK. The video in the article features an infant sling & cart designed and prototyped by Key Tech for...
Energy harvesting is a technology that gathers tiny wattages of power from hidden sources such as motion, temperature or vibration. It can generate enough kinetic energy to run your wristwatch and sufficient piezoelectric energy to sparkle your child’s light-up shoes. Modern energy harvesting technology took off...