Monitoring Wristwatch
Sleep and Blood Pressure Have an Interesting Relationship. Normally, a person’s BP drops to its lowest [MORE]
Nanopore Chip
IBM may have pioneered nanopore technology, but other companies have advanced the field or found alternatives to faster [MORE]
My Care Card
This is an interesting story about cultural contrasts. In Europe, where identify cards have existed long enough [MORE]
Basis Watch
This wristwatch-like band from Basis Technology (San Fransciso, CA) monitors heart rate, calories burned, physical activity and [MORE]
Metamaterials
Sometimes, invention is the mother of necessity. In this case, researchers led by Professor John Rogers at the University [MORE]
Psychiatric disorders amply illustrate that “diseases” are intellectual artifacts which don’t exist naturally; the natural phenomenon is the mentally [MORE]
Apple's icloud
Earlier this month, Apple announced that it will include “cloud” communication capability in its new desktop and mobile [MORE]
X Prize
Last month, the X Prize Foundation (Playa Vista, CA) announced its $10m prize for a portable diagnostic device [MORE]
Nanopatch for the Heart
While regenerative medicine researchers work on growing new hearts from collagen scaffolds and induced pluripotent stem [MORE]
Measuring Intracranial Pressure with Ultrasound
Intracranial pressure above 20 mmHg, as might happen from bleeding or swelling, often is a [MORE]
Ultrasound opeing blood-brain barrier
Using a headset to beam low-intensity ultrasound over the entire brain, for an hour’s duration, Perfusion [MORE]
Wound Healing
Regenerative medicine doesn’t always imply stem cell technologies. Researchers at Tufts University have found that synthesized peptides, based [MORE]
Zeo Sleep Monitor
Self monitoring for blood glucose, and self dosing for OTC medications are commonly practiced, so why not [MORE]
Tracking Disease Transmission
Suppose an outbreak of a new antibiotic- resistant pathogen appeared in one place and then another, and [MORE]