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For millennia, physicians have been the first and last line of defence against illness and disease. But now through the development of digital therapeutics (DTx), technology pioneers are joining them in the battle to save lives and improve health outcomes for countless millions.

Transforming healthcare with digital therapeutics

The Metaverse, meaning an online 3D virtual space, has the potential to significantly change economic activities, consumer behavior, and the way we work. People buying products in virtual shops and working in virtual offices—we may still be some way off such a vision becoming a reality, but the entertainment industry is forging ahead with the adoption of the Metaverse before other sectors.

Utilizing Metaverse XR in the Entertainment Industry

EPFL researchers have developed fiber-like pumps that allow high-pressure fluidic circuits to be woven into textiles without an external pump. Soft supportive exoskeletons, thermoregulatory clothing, and immersive haptics can therefore be powered from pumps sewn into the fabric of the devices themselves.

Thread-like pumps can be woven into clothes

In a significant advance for impactful technologies such as quantum optics and laser displays for AR/VR, Columbia Engineering’s Lipson Nanophotonics Group has invented the first tunable and narrow linewidth chip-scale lasers for visible wavelengths shorter than red.

High-performance Visible-light Lasers that Fit on a Fingertip

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