Quick Answer. Cardiotonic drugs are substances that increase the contracting mechanism within the heart, thereby causing more blood to be pumped throughout the circulatory system. These drugs usually affect intracellular calcium levels in the heart muscle to achieve the desired increase in muscle action.
Miniaturized hearing aids that will fit into the ear canal. Miniaturization tech could also be used to monitor pulse, blood-pressure, glucose, ECG via wireless, be used in implants, pacemakers. February 17, 2014. Fraunhofer researchers pack a total of 19 hearing-aid components (left) into their new microsystem (right).
Photo: My trusty Etymotic ER-6 noise-isolating earbud headphones. These work by passive noise cancelling: each earpiece has a pair of (washable) plastic suction cups that make a tight seal in your ear canal to stop noise getting in and music leaking out. If you prefer, you can pull off the plastic cups and use disposable, soft foam ones instead.