Thursday - December 18, 2008
As brightly colored fish dart in and out of the rocks scattered in a small aquarium, a bewildering melody follows each of their movements. The eerie symphony comes from an "audio aquarium," a contraption dreamed up by Georgia Tech scientists as a way to let blind people experience sea life. The researchers say they wanted to help people with disabilities do something that's more fun than functional. "Many of the things we do help them solve basic problems -- shopping, working, brushing their teeth," says Bruce Walker, an associate professor who works with the school's Center for Music Technology.
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Wednesday - December 17, 2008
They're called the "iPod Generation" -- all those kids wired to earbuds and MP3 players this holiday season as they hunker down to endure long road trips or relatives that visit even longer. But they're at risk of becoming the "Huh? What?" Generation. You've heard of BlackBerry Thumb? Now there's iPod Ear.
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Wednesday - November 19, 2008
Doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, eliminating the need for antirejection drugs. "This technique has great promise," said Eric Genden, MD, who did a similar transplant in 2005 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. That operation used both donor and recipient tissue.
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Wednesday - November 12, 2008
Google has announced the debut of Google Flu Trends, a tool designed to identify flu-outbreak patterns through an analysis of search data. An early version of the technology deployed during the 2007-2008 flu season accurately estimated flu levels across nine regions in the U.S. as much as two weeks faster than CDC reports, according to Google.
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Monday - November 10, 2008
After some back-and-forth in the medical community, it has generally been decided that iPods and MP3 players do not seriously interfere with pacemaker functions. However, a study points to an entirely new concept of the risk involved with these devices. It is not the music player itself that can cause disruption.
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Thursday - October 23, 2008
Health insurer Aetna is becoming the first health insurer to team with Microsoft to give its customers an Internet-based vault for storing medical records they can access even if they change jobs or leave their health plan. Starting next month, Aetna will allow some customers to transfer electronic personal health records to Microsoft's HealthVault.
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Wednesday - October 22, 2008
In an era when people routinely deliver life-changing news via text and e-mail -- "I want a divorce," "I'm pregnant," "You're fired" -- it is perhaps inevitable that a service offering to automate and anonymize a personal, painful message is gaining traction. inSpot allows people to send free e-cards to sexual partners informing them that they have been exposed to an STD.
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Tuesday - October 21, 2008
The traditional doctor's office creates a forest of paperwork. Patient charts, records, bills: They're all par for the course in the medical world. Some doctors and clinics, however, are opting to go paperless, or at least almost paperless. Those who do realize numerous benefits, including greater efficiency, lower costs and heightened security.
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Friday - October 17, 2008
Chipmaker Intel said this week that despite its record $10.2 billion in revenue for the third quarter, the company is worried that the global economic crisis will affect future performance. Despite such a general malaise across the industry, however, there is some very good news on the tech front.
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Thursday - October 16, 2008
Research conducted at the University of Washington in Seattle suggests that clinical applications that can assist people paralyzed by spinal cord injuries or neurological diseases are perhaps five years away from realization. In a study published by
Nature, scientists restored voluntary movement in monkeys whose arms were temporarily anesthetized.
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Wednesday - October 15, 2008
Searching the Internet and reading things online are more than just a way to pass the time, according to a new study released by the University of California, Los Angeles. A research team headed by Dr. Gary Small, a professor at UCLA, found that when Web-savvy older adults surf the Internet, it can trigger key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning.
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