Tiny electronic implants monitor brain injury, then melt away
A new class of small, thin electronic sensors can monitor temperature and pressure within the skull -- crucial health parameters after a brain injury or surgery -- then melt away when they are no...
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Here's how you're probably going to die - in a stunning visualisation
Data expert Nathan Yau has created this beautiful interactive tool letting you find out how you are most likely to die based on your sex, race, and age. Using information from the Centers for Disease...
View ArticleBridging the Bio-Electronic Divide
A new DARPA program aims to develop an implantable neural interface able to provide unprecedented signal resolution and data-transfer bandwidth between the human brain and the digital world. The...
View ArticleSpaceX, Orbital ATK, and Sierra Nevada All Just Booked Space Taxi Contracts...
NASA announced that it has booked three private companies to ferry supplies up to the International Space Station through the next eight years—and the new contracts will allow them to add one new...
View ArticleAstronomers say a Neptune-sized planet lurks beyond Pluto
The solar system appears to have a new ninth planet. Today, two scientists announced evidence that a body nearly the size of Neptune—but as yet unseen—orbits the sun every 15,000 years. During the...
View ArticleNeuroscientists develop new tools to safely trace brain circuits
Scientists at Columbia University's Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute have developed a new viral tool that dramatically expands scientists' ability to probe the activity and circuitry...
View ArticleMagnesium-based orthopedic implant that safely biodegrades and promotes bone...
Researchers from South Korea have shown, in preliminary clinical trials of 53 patients, that after a year their magnesium-calcium-zinc orthopedic implant spurns new bone growth by mimicking the body's...
View ArticleThe rise of the robots - in 90 seconds
11 million jobs across the UK are at high risk of being automated by 2036, this video shows some of the things that robots are able to do now. British high streets and factories will be transformed...
View ArticleThe US military is working on tech that could turn soldiers into cyborgs
The US military has announced it will be developing an implantable neural interface that can bridge the divide between the human mind and computers. The new program, which aims to achieve dramatically...
View ArticleFlexible and transparent pressure sensor
Healthcare practitioners may one day be able to physically screen for breast cancer using pressure-sensitive rubber gloves to detect tumors, owing to a transparent, bendable and sensitive pressure...
View Article$28M challenge to figure out why brains are so good at learning
The U.S. federal government has awarded more than $28 million to Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences(SEAS), Center for Brain Science (CBS), and Department of Molecular...
View ArticleScientists who have grown a human EAR on the back of a rat say they will be...
Human ears to could be ‘grown to order’ within five years, claim Japanese scientists who have unveiled a rat with an ear on its back. The Tokyo and Kyoto university technology could be used to help...
View ArticleRobotics exoskeleton for shoulder rehabilitation
A team from the Centre for Automation and Robotics (CAR, UPM-CSIC) has developed a robotic exoskeleton that performs more efficiently rehabilitation therapies of patients with shoulder injuries. By...
View ArticleRobotic arm developed for Duchenne patients
Researchers from the University of Twente's MIRA research centre, together with the VUmc, TU Delft and the Radboud umc, have developed the A-Gear: a robotic arm that can support the daily activities of...
View ArticleJapan's latest invention: The wearable chair
A new gadget eases the stress of long hours spent on foot and targets doctors, surgeons, hospitality workers and retail assistants. Apple Watches and Fitbits may be all the rage, but a new product from...
View ArticleNew Wearable Technology Fitted To Sweatbands Helps Prevent Dehydration And...
Our sweat can say a lot about our health — and now it's possible to get that information right on our phones, thanks to new technology from the University of California, Berkeley. Principal...
View Article'Lifespan machine' probes cause of aging
Aging is one of the most mysterious processes in biology. We don't know, scientifically speaking, what exactly it is. We do know for sure when it ends, but to make matters even more inscrutable, the...
View ArticleLet them see you sweat: What new wearable sensors can reveal from perspiration
When engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, say they are going to make you sweat, it is all in the name of science. Specifically, it is for a flexible sensor system that can measure...
View ArticleFirst fully autonomous 'robot run' farm to open in Japan
A factory in Japan will be the first fully robot-run farm, with a team of automated systems handling every step of the farming process from watering seeds to harvesting crops. The robots will also...
View ArticleMIND-READING ALGORITHM KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT
An algorithm that analyzes brain signals can accurately determine what people see in real time, according to new research. "We’re decoding the human perceptual experience — your ability to see...
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