High-Tech Repellents Shoo Mosquitoes Away
Mosquitos kill more people than any other creature in the world, but help may be on the way in the form of high-tech repellents.
Sascha Brodsky
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Why Building Brain-Computer Interfaces Is So Hard
The future was supposed to be all about hooking up computers to our brain.
How VR Can Help You Get Better Healthcare
Virtual reality (VR) is helping brain-injured patients recover from their injuries.
How Smartphones Can Make Health Monitoring More Accessible
Google’s new health features use the cameras in Pixel phones to monitor respiration and heart rate.
How AI Can Read Your Brain Waves
Call it the Shazam for brains. Researchers claim in a new study that they were able to use artificial intelligence to identify the songs someone is listening to by reading their brain waves.
FDA Fast Tracks Device to Treat Alzheimer’s
The FDA recently gave the nod to a new device that zaps the brain in an attempt to treat Alzheimer's disease.
How AI Could Personalize Medicine for You
Artificial intelligence is powering advances that could help doctors provide treatments tailored specifically for your DNA.
How Your Gadgets Can Affect Medical Devices
Apple’s recent warning that its smartphones could interfere with pacemakers is a reminder that many types of gadgets can impede medical devices, experts say.
How Your Watch Could Monitor Your Sugar
Apple and Samsung’s rumored addition of a blood sugar monitor to their smartwatches could be a game-changer for people with diabetes and those at risk of developing the condition.
How AI Could Help Diagnose Mental Illness
Artificial intelligence may one day help human psychiatrists diagnose mental health problems, experts say.
Pandemic Forces Rural Hospitals to Turn to Telemedicine
As the coronavirus pandemic pushes some parts of the US medical system towards the brink of collapse, rural hospitals are increasingly turning to telemedicine to help diagnose and monitor patients.
New Augmented Reality Glasses Help Blind People See
A new type of augmented reality headset called Envision Glasses aims to help blind people better navigate daily life by using artificial intelligence to identify text and objects and describe them to users.
Your Smartphone Can Now Check Your Health
A new app lets you check your blood for anemia in the latest in a series of breakthrough health applications for smartphones.
Portable DNA Analysis Could Help Fight Epidemics
A new iPhone app could allow users to read their genetic code with a smartphone, but experts warn there are privacy implications to having such personal information easily available.
How VR Lets the Blind See
Jimmy Blakley spent decades peering through a fog. He’s legally blind and until recently he couldn’t even read a book.
How AI Could Change COVID Testing
New artificial intelligence software could speed the process of detecting COVID-19 in hospital patients by analyzing routine blood samples.
AI Shows Vaccine Could Protect People of Color Less
Using artificial intelligence, researchers have discovered that some coronavirus vaccines may offer less protection to minorities
App Claims to Monitor Coronavirus Symptoms by Video
Worried about your health, but reluctant to go into a doctor’s office during the pandemic? A new app can detect your vital signs by having you look into a camera, and its makers claim it could be used to diagnose coronavirus.
Med Students Turn to VR During Pandemic
Medical students are increasingly trading stethoscopes for virtual reality goggles during the coronavirus pandemic.
Smartwatches Could Monitor Coronavirus Vaccine Safety
The CDC plans to use smartwatches to help monitor the safety of coronavirus vaccines if they are rolled out in the U.S.
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