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[/] IEEE.org | IEEE Xplore Digital Library | IEEE Standards | IEEE Spectrum | More Sites Follow on: Advertisement Engineering Topics Special Reports Blogs Multimedia The Magazine Professional Resources Search Biomedical SUBTOPICS: Bionics Devices Diagnostics Ethics Imaging Sort by Most: Recent Viewed Commented Layout Type: organic layout grid layout Gadgets Electric Shocks Preferred to Thinking (Especially by Men) Digital devices aren’t to blame for our distracted minds 15 Aug Biomedical A Research Team Looks to Nanotechnology to Fight Ebola Virus With existing medicines unable to stem the Ebola outbreak, researchers turn to nanotech for a solution 14 Aug Advertisement Biomedical Algorithm Detected Ebola Outbreak Before Official Alerts A disease tracking website spotted the Ebola outbreak before the World Health Organization 13 Aug Biomedical Graphene-based Sensor Brings New Wrinkle to Wearables Badge-sized device could offer continuous monitoring for a variety of diseases 12 Aug Biomedical Building Mind-Controlled Gadgets Just Got Easier A new brain-computer interface lets DIYers access their brain waves 11 Aug Computing Bendable Sound Waves Can Skirt Objects, Trap Particles Someday, scientists will sort molecules with sound, and bones won't photobomb ultrasound images 8 Aug Biomedical Graphene Transforms Itself Into a Sphere for Drug Delivery Researchers serendipitously discover that graphene oxide at a certain pH changes into crystal droplets 6 Aug Biomedical An NMR Chip The Size of a Seed Together with a small permanent magnet, the chip could enable cheap NMR analysis in factories and clinics 5 Aug Biomedical Can Computing Keep up With the Neuroscience Data Deluge? When an imaging run generates 1 terabyte of data, analysis becomes the problem 29 Jul Biomedical Spintastic Nanorods Rotate at 150,000 RPM Ten-fold increase in rotation speeds opens up potential for spinning nanorods in machining 24 Jul Biomedical Nanoparticles Improve Stroke Treatment Nanorods that spin inside the bloodstream enhance blood-clot busting drug 22 Jul Aerospace Freeman Dyson Predicts the Future IEEE Spectrum asks the celebrated physicist what the next 50 years will hold 18 Jul Biomedical "Nanojuice" Could Diagnose Gastrointestinal Illnesses New nanoparticles lead to first real-time imaging of small intestine functions 10 Jul Advertisement Biomedical Contraceptive Implant Hands Women Remote Control A microchip implant for women containing 16 years worth of contraceptives readies for pre-clinical testing next year 9 Jul Computing Can The Human Brain Project Succeed? Europe’s ambitious program to simulate the human brain is meeting with some very human resistance 9 Jul Biomedical DARPA Wants a Memory Prosthetic for Injured Vets—and Wants It Now An implantable memory chip could do the job of damaged brain cells 9 Jul Gadgets Researchers Turn to Classic Videogames Stanford rediscovers Space Invaders and Pacman, other academics turn to Tetris and Super Mario 2 Jul Biomedical Goose Bump Detector Senses Your Skin Crawling A skin sensor capable of monitoring goose bumps could lead to future devices for monitoring the wearer's emotional state 26 Jun Biomedical Google Fit Wants to Rule All Your Wearable Health, Fitness Devices Google aims to create a service to collect and share data from various fitness and health gadgets 25 Jun At Work Why U.S. Companies Will Win Wearables Sorry, Samsung. Too bad, Toray. The U.S. has the edge in the wearables game 23 Jun Biomedical Biometric Shirt for Astronauts Gets an Antarctic Tryout Six explorers wore Astroskin while trekking across icy plateaus 19 Jun Biomedical Smartphone App Keeps Watch Over Schizophrenic Patients Monitoring behavioral patterns can predict a relapse 18 Jun Biomedical Algorithms Outperform Diabetics at Blood Sugar Control Small real-world trials hint at automated diabetes treatment devices 17 Jun At Work Quantum Cascade Laser at the Heart of Spectrometer on a Chip Plasmonic waveguide and integrated quantum cascade laser and detector delivers high resolution and wide dynamic range 16 Jun Robotics World Cup or World's Fair? Technology Takes Center Field at the Games in Brazil Smart watches, brain-computer interfaces, robotic exoskeletons, and a TON of data traffic 13 Jun Semiconductors Nanotubes Capture Terahertz Radiation Simple array of nanotubes sense terahertz with no external power needed, could make security scanners cheaper 11 Jun Biomedical Neuroscientists Join the Open-Source Hardware Movement Two MIT grad students offer up DIY brain-recording gear 11 Jun Biomedical The Bike Helmet That Reads Your Brainwaves EEG-enabled helmet lets bicyclists create "mind maps" of their routes 10 Jun Biomedical Medtronic Wants to Implant Sensors in Everyone Tiny monitoring devices could lead to the Big Data era of healthcare 10 Jun Biomedical Prickless Glucose Monitor That Uses Spit Takes Giant Step Forward New biochip that promises prickless glucose monitoring by examining saliva instead of blood takes a step forward 5 Jun Biomedical The Gene Machine and Me Ion Torrent’s chip-based genome sequencer is cheap, fast, and poised to revolutionize medicine 28 Feb 2013 Biomedical Dean Kamen's "Luke Arm" Prosthesis Receives FDA Approval This advanced bionic arm for amputees has been approved for commercialization 13 May Topics Aerospace At Work Biomedical Computing Energy Gadgets Geek Life Robotics Semiconductors Telecom Connect Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google+ RSS IEEE Spectrum Contact Us About Newsletters Mobile Site IEEE Partners Advertising & Media Center IEEE Job Site Buyer’s Guide The Magazine Subscribe Now Digital Download © Copyright 2014 IEEE Spectrum Terms & Conditions | Privacy & Security | Nondiscrimination Policy About IEEE Conferences & Events Education & Careers Membership & Services Publications and Standards Societies & Communities