7th October 2014
Why are some brain tumours more difficult to treat than others? And what if we could change that? Like other cancers, in the best case scenario, brain tumours are either zapped with chemotherapy or surgically removed. The problem is that ...
3rd October 2014
Ancient (and not-so-ancient) prostheses like the glass eyes of the 1800s and wrought iron arms of the middle ages did nothing more than cover up problems, doing very little to actually solve them. Today, it's about much more than that. ...
26th September 2014
A wearable vapor sensor could monitor diseases such as diabetes and hypertension by picking up airborne biomarkers exhaled or released through the skin. “Each of these diseases has its own biomarkers that the device would be able to sense,” says ...
24th September 2014
Onesies that detect every turn and gurgle or tricorders that can tell your baby’s heart rate by just placing it near the forehead. Though not available (yet), these will be the baby gadgets of the near future, making monitors ...
17th September 2014
My science fair project in middle school was about the drawing and writing skills of left versus right handed people. There was a (grand) twist on how clever the participants were using their non-dominant hands. Could be the reason why ...
14th September 2014
A device that uses a single drop of blood can quickly diagnose anemia and allow inexpensive at-home monitoring. The basic test produces results in about 60 seconds and requires no electrical power. A companion smartphone application can automatically correlate the visual ...
4th September 2014
You wake up feeling a bit under the weather. It could be the flu, or maybe your low on Vitamin D? What if you could check right then and there with your morning coffee what exactly is happening to your ...
29th August 2014
Birth control is one of those ever-green topics. Everyone deals with it, and everyone has an opinion about it. So coming up with some new high-tech in contraception is bound to receive publicity. Especially if it’s like this one. ...