The Teleport uses a simple off-the-shelf brain control interface to improve the lives of those with motor disabilities For those with severe motor disabilities, mind-controlled prostheses have long offered a sliver of hope that they might one day be able to regain some semblance of autonomy. While we’ve seen numerous examples of such prostheses over the years, most involve brain...
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Wearable biosensors can flag illness, Lyme disease, risk for diabetes; low airplane oxygen
Smart watches and similar portable devices are commonly used for measuring steps and physiological parameters, but have not generally been used to detect illness, until now. Can your smart watch detect when you are becoming sick? A new study from Stanford, publishing January 12th, 2017 in PLOS Biology, indicates that this is possible. By following 60...
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Lenovo’s VR headset is cheaper and more comfortable than Rift and Vive
Lenovo’s upcoming VR headset will work with PCs and fall in the $300-400 range(Credit: Will Shanklin/New Atlas) Lenovo is one of the OEM partners teaming with Microsoft to bring affordable, PC-based VR to the masses in 2017 on Redmond’s Windows Holographic platform. While functional demos will have to wait, we handled the headset and chatted with Lenovo about...
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Smartphone add-on sees into your skin
The SmartUV is an ultraviolet camera for smartphones Visible light – the light that we see with our unaided eyes – reflects off the outer layer of the skin. Ultraviolet light, however, penetrates below to the second layer. It was with this in mind that Korean tech firm Nurugo created the SmartUV. Currently being showcased...
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Hands-on: Can a heartbeat-simulating wearable tweak your mood?
Doppel heartbeat-simulating wearable(Credit: Will Shanklin/New Atlas) Wearable tech is often associated with smartwatches and fitness trackers, but we’ve also seen a niche group of consumer products aimed at regulating emotions. While it’s an area ripe for a placebo effect, we found Doppel, a heartbeat-simulating wrist wearable, to be curious enough to demo at CES 2017. The idea behind...
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‘We could make that!’ — chance meeting leads to creation of antibiotic spider silk
A chance meeting between a spider expert and a chemist has led to the development of antibiotic synthetic spider silk. After five years’ work an interdisciplinary team of scientists at The University of Nottingham has developed a technique to produce chemically functionalised spider silk that can be tailored to applications used in drug delivery,...
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Bionic Humans: This Sleek Power Suit Helps Restore Mobility
IN BRIEF Superflex is looking to bring power suits to market that can help the elderly and disabled complete everyday tasks. The company has to release an initial concept but plan for the suit to fit nicely under any clothing and be ready for purchase by 2018. “INTELLIGENT WEARABLE STRENGTH” Superflex, a California-based startup, is...
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The Future of Brain-Based Medicine
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 58 million adult Americans suffer from mental illness in any given year, and that number is growing. In 2013, an estimated 15.7 million adults had at least one major depressive episode (ranging from mental depression to physical suicide and even murderous attacks on others, including their own...
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Parents of autistic children call ‘Buzzies’ a game changer
PHOENIX – Trouble focusing in class and wanting to get up and leave are issues that a lot of 17-year-olds deal with during the school day, but for Jacob Holma these are problems he really struggles with on a daily basis. Jacob has Autism and has a difficult time concentrating both inside and outside of...
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Affordable Room-Scale Mobile VR Arrives with NOLO Motion Tracking System
Truly immersive virtual reality is finally coming to smartphones, but you need to act fast. VR developers LYRobotix have announced a brand new motion tracking system that brings room-scale virtual reality and motion-tracking to smartphones for the first time. For just $89 you get the entire Nolo Motion Tracking System, consisting of a single base station (Much...