.article-detail .listicle li h3, .article-detail .listicle li .listicle-item-hed { color: #000000; } Electricity helps the heart beat, the muscles twitch, and the body communicate with the brain. Now scientists are increasingly using electricity to promote healing. Unlike previous inventions that were often quite bulky, new “electroceutical” devices are easier to wear, and some can even […]
A woman with a fear of spiders sits in a chair wearing a virtual reality headset. She watches 3D video footage of a tarantula walking over what seems like her hand. Then the spider creeps toward her face. She watches the 5-minute video six times. It sounds like torture, but the video is supposed to help. The idea is […]
Three-dimensional bioprinting—building tissues by putting down layers of cells and other materials—has led to the manufacturing of human tissues including corneas, skin, and blood vessels. Now, a team at the University of California, San Diego, is raising the bar. In a paper published this week in the journal Nature Medicine, they describe a 3D-printed spinal cord implant […]
Inkjet printing could probably win a prize as the technology with the most unforeseen applications, like printing cake decorations, flexible electronics, and even human tissue. Meanwhile, the capabilities of image analysis technology have been exploding, thanks to the evolution of deep learning. Two companies exhibiting at CES in Las Vegas this week paired the two […]
Gadgets that promise stress relief aren’t new to CES, the giant consumer electronics show held in Las Vegas this week. Biofeedback wearables that prompt you to work on your stress response and measure your success by tracking your heart rate or brain waves have been around for years. That approach takes effort and practice, however. […]
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In 2019, I will exercise more, sleep more, and eat less. And hopefully shed some excess holiday pounds. If only there were a device that could help me out… In a recent paper in the journal Nature Communications, engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) describe a device to aid weight loss that is less invasive than […]
Danny Bal was riding his brand new motorcycle to work from his home in Ocala, Fla., two years ago when the driver of an oncoming car fell asleep and plowed into Bal’s electric-blue bike. After the accident, which crushed three of Bal’s thoracic vertebrae and shredded a spinal nerve, Bal adjusted to life in a […]