This 'Star Trek'-like headset helps the legally blind see again
Incredible. We’re big fans of augmentation that helps the disabled - this is where tech can...
prostheticknowledge:
OpenSurgeryRobotic design project by Frank Kolkman explores the idea of open source medical technology and whether an approach would be d...
crossconnectmag:
Keeping Hearts and Lungs Alive for TransplantHeart and Lung transplants use to require transporting the
donor organs on ice in coolers to the...
emergentfutures:This Microchip Will Deliver Drugs in Your Body by Remote ControlBiomedical engineer Robert Langer has pioneered controlled release drug deliver...
emergentfutures:
Temporary tattoo measures blood glucose levels
Future diabetes patients won’t have to stick themselves with a needle; they’ll just need t...
emergentfutures:
10 Diseases That Might Afflict Us In The Future
Today, humans suffer from a wide range of diseases and disorders that didn’t exist in the p...
txchnologist:
A Failing Heart Gets A Hand
This image was made using a specialized computed tomography (CT) scan of a patient’s thorax in 2013. It shows an am...
emergentfutures:
New ultrasound chip could be a leap forward in cheap medical imaging
Rothberg won’t say exactly how Butterfly’s device will work, or what it...