Wireless Palpation featured on IEEE Spectrum

January 22, 2014. Wireless Tissue Palpation as described by Emily Waltz has been featured on IEEE Spectrum, the main magazine of IEEE. Here a link to the Spectrum webpage.

Posted by Pietro Valdastri on January 23, 2014 in News

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The STORM Lab at the White House Smart America Challenge

The STORM Lab research team will be presenting a proposal at the White House Smart America Challenge on Dec 12th to create an open testbed for research in miniature capsule robots (MCR) for medical applications. An MCR is a biocompatible Cyber-Physical System (CPS) designed to operate in the human body to accomplish diagnostic or therapeutic…

Posted by Pietro Valdastri on December 6, 2013 in News

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STORM Lab featured on Vanderbilt Magazine

The STORM Lab research on advanced and painless colonoscopy has been featured on the Vanderbilt Magazine. Read the article here.

Posted by Pietro Valdastri on December 6, 2013 in News

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Brennan Steele awarded for Best Presentation

December 3, 2013. Brennan Steele — a high school student from the School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt — received the Best Presentation Award for his research performed in the STORM Lab. Brennan worked with Charreau S. Bell and Ketih L. Obstein on a tablet app to improve the process of learning colonoscopy for…

Posted by Pietro Valdastri on December 6, 2013 in News

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Welcome Eka!

December 2, 2013. The STROM Lab welcomes Ekawayhu (Eka) Susilo. Eka completed his PhD with Pietro at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, working on miniature capsule robots for gastrointestinal endoscopy and robotic surgery. Eka will be Post-Doc in the STORM Lab.

Posted by Pietro Valdastri on December 6, 2013 in News

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Wireless Tissue Palpation featured on the WEB

Wireless Tissue Palpation as described by David Salisbury gets featured in many websites around the globe: NSF, MedGadget, Vanderbilt School of Engineering, QuickVU, Medical Design Technology Magazine, Medical Xpress, Newswise, YouTube and many more…

Posted by Pietro Valdastri on October 31, 2013 in News

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Wireless Tissue Palpation awarded at the World Congress of Endourology

October 2013. The study “Laparoscopic Wireless Palpation Device: Preliminary Assessment of Simulated Tumor Detection in an Elastic Modulus” by A. Benson, M. Beccani, C. Di Natali, R. Pickens, P. Valdastri, S. D. Herrell receives the OLYMPUS Best Laparoscopy/Robotic Paper Award at the 31st World Congress of Endourology in New Orleans, LA [ Award Certificate ].

Posted by Pietro Valdastri on October 31, 2013 in News

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Seminar at University of Nebraska

October 29, 2013. Pietro Valdastri was invited to give the talk “Magnetic capsule robots for gastrointestinal endoscopy and abdominal surgery” at the University of Nebraska, within the Pierson Graduate Seminar Series.

Posted by Pietro Valdastri on October 31, 2013 in News

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Seminar at University of Texas – Arlington

October 25, 2013. Pietro Valdastri was invited to give the talk “Magnetic capsule robots for gastrointestinal endoscopy and abdominal surgery” at the University of Texas – Arlington, within the Colloquium Speaker Series.

Posted by Pietro Valdastri on October 31, 2013 in News

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Massimiliano Simi receives an Award for his PhD Thesis

October 2013. Massimiliano Simi receives the Best PhD dissertation in Biomedical Engineering by the Italian Society of Biomedical Engineering. Congratulations Massi!!!!

Posted by Pietro Valdastri on October 31, 2013 in News

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