In 2011, Gert-Jan Oskam lost the ability to walk. Twelve years later, neuroscientists at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), in Switzerland, have helped him get back to his feet. Oskam, who suffered a traumatic cervical spine injury from a cycling accident, regained control of his legs with the help of scientists at EPFL’s NeuroRestore […]
For decades, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has been one of the key technologies used to study the atomic structures of complex biological compounds. The most popular technique, solid-state NMR, involves putting the material to be analyzed inside tiny cylindrical rotors which are then spun to high frequencies. The big limitation of solid-state NMR, however, […]
This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Heart disease and stroke are the world’s two leading causes of death. And yet both can be agonizingly difficult to detect, leading to their notorious reputation as silent killers. Early diagnosis of heart disease–which includes complications such as heart […]
Scientists and clinicians at the University of California, San Francisco are developing new methods of studying—and potentially treating—chronic pain. In a recent paper published in Nature Neuroscience, Dr. Prasad Shirvalkar and his team of doctors and researchers studied how types of chronic pain are represented in recordings of brain activity. Shirvalkar, a neurologist and pain […]
Researchers have made the first wireless wearable ultrasound device that images tissue deep below the skin while patients move around freely. The system could allow doctors to monitor blood pressure, heart health, and lung capacity in real time while the wearer goes about their daily activities, including during workouts or other physical exertion. “Clinicians want […]
Perri Karyal, a video-game and variety streaming-video broadcaster, has created a way to play games with her brain waves. Karyal, who hosts a regular show on twitch.tv, has been using a custom controller that reads electroencephalogram signals (EEG) to play the popular video game Elden Ring since earlier this year. This month, Karyal demonstrated a […]
Can your mind be read at arm’s length? Scientists and clinicians at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City have taken a step down this road—using smartwatch data to discover aspects of a wearer’s psychological state. The researchers want to predict a person’s resilience, optimism, and emotional support—all correlated with positive medical outcomes and […]
Developing imaging technology for surgical tracking requires engineering that goes beyond the capabilities of conventional camera providers. Discover how JADAK collaborated with ClaroNav, a worldwide pioneer in surgical navigation, to integrate system electronics and FPGA processing into a customized solution for their next-gen MicronTracker, greatly improving imaging speed and accuracy.
What are the opportunities—and challenges—to be found when AI squares off with functional MRI data? For one, researchers have discovered, reconstructing speech from brain activity seems newly possible—potentially without surgical interventions or other hardware interfaces. The group’s finding, published 1 May in Nature Neuroscience, details the process by which the team could decode the gist […]
On Monday, 17 April, the Washington State Legislature passed the My Health My Data Act. The bill, HB 1155, currently sitting on Governor Jay Inslee’s desk after passing both state houses by considerable margins (57-39 House; 27-21 Senate), restricts what can be done with personal health data collected from anyone in Washington. The bill also […]