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TEDMED 2009 - Day 2

Filed under: Medgadget Exclusive

We had a long and eventful second day at TEDMED, filled with plenty of laughs, thought provoking technology, spitting into vials for 23andMe, embarrassing ourselves in front of med tech celebrities, and even a conversation with Aubrey de Grey over...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on October 29, 2009 12:56 AM



Image Recognition Technology to Expand Abilities of Microsoft's Digital Camera Device

Filed under: Geriatrics , Neurology , Psychiatry

Microsoft has partnered with Oxford Metrics Group (Oxford, UK), a company specializing in computer vision applications, to further develop Microsoft's ViconRevue (formerly SenseCam) digital camera-like gadget. The device continuously snaps a picture every 30 seconds, hence it might be worn...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on October 21, 2009 12:55 AM



Investigators Reveal Folding Principles of the Human Genome

Filed under: in the news...

Scientists have long been speculating on how DNA gets packaged inside chromosomes while remaining readable and easily accessible. In a paper just published in Science, researchers from Harvard and MIT have discovered that sections of the DNA bunch together into...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on October 19, 2009 10:22 AM



A Quantum Sparkle: Diamonds for Computers and MRIs

Filed under: Nanomedicine

Researchers from MIT, Harvard, Texas A&M University, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have identified a diamond "impurity" as a potential tool to visualize things on the molecular level using MRI technology. By embedding these "quantum dots"...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on September 25, 2009 12:49 AM



Individualized Artificial Voice for Laryngectomy Patients

Filed under: in the news...

Researchers from the University of Sheffield, with collaboration of a team from the University of Edinburgh, are experimenting with a voice replacement technique for people who are about to lose their vocal cords. The group partnered with a woman that...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on September 9, 2009 09:44 AM



Toyota Working on Thought Controlled Wheelchairs

Filed under: Neurology , Prosthetics , Rehab

Not to be outdone by Honda with their assisted walking device earlier this year, Toyota has announced that they are working on a wheelchair that can be navigated with brain waves. You think of the direction and the wheelchair goes...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on June 29, 2009 09:12 AM



Photosynthesis Thought to Exhibit Quantum Entanglement Phenomenon

Filed under: in the news...

Back in January we blogged about an article in Discover Magazine that reviewed the latest discoveries involving quantum mechanical effects in biological systems. Now researchers from the Berkeley Center for Quantum Information and Computation, the Department of Chemistry at UC...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on June 4, 2009 12:27 AM



Twittering With Thought

Filed under: Net News , Neurology

Adam Wilson, a graduate student at University of Wisconsin-Madison, linked up a "mind-reading" system developed at the Biomedical Engineering department to work with Twitter. By using EEG to record brain wave variations in patients focusing on a flashing letter, people...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on April 24, 2009 12:00 AM



Blue Brain Models Mammalian Organ Inside Computer

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The Blue Brain Project at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland is an attempt to simulate the functioning of the brain by building the virtual organ from the ground up, molecule by molecule. After much computer programming of data...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on April 24, 2009 12:00 AM



Mobile Clinical Imaging On a Smart Phone

Filed under: Anesthesiology , Emergency Medicine , Medicine , Military Medicine , Ob/Gyn , Surgery , Telemedicine

Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis adapted a small ultrasound prove to interface with a Microsoft Windows mobile smartphone. Although the screen may be too small to diagnose anything properly, it is thought the concept will be used...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on April 20, 2009 12:41 PM



Safeceps Take Delivery Forceps into Electronic Age

Filed under: Ob/Gyn

One undergraduate student's idea to develop a safer set of forceps to aid in difficult births has led to a spinoff company of the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. Dale Harper, who has recently graduated, is now in charge of...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on January 27, 2009 12:20 AM



Manufacturing Antibodies Goes Sugar Free

Filed under: in the news...

Who would have thought there would be a reason to make sugar-free antibodies? Well, researches at MIT did! It has long been thought that a particular sugar attachment was required for antibody function but new research shows this to not...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on December 30, 2008 12:00 AM



Living Life To The Full...helping you to help yourself

Filed under: Net News , Psychiatry

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) involves psychotherapeutic techniques to influence problematic and dysfunctional behaviors, emotions and thoughts through a systematic, and goal-oriented procedure. It is based on the idea that our thoughts cause our feelings and behaviors, not external things, like...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on December 5, 2008 12:00 AM



2008 Medical Sci-Fi Contest: Please Meet the Stories!

Filed under: Medgadget Exclusive

We are excited to announce the results of this year's medical sci-fi contest, and to present to all our readers the top three stories, as decided by our distinguished panel of reviewers. First, we would like to thank Epocrates, a...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on November 28, 2008 05:49 PM



Thinking Aloud...Interfacing With Speech

Filed under: Neurological Surgery , Neurology , Rehab

Dr. Frank Guenther and his colleagues at Boston University's CNS Speech Lab have made a giant step towards allowing a "locked-in" patient to speak by interpreting his thoughts. So far the patient has been able to produce three vowel sounds...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on November 24, 2008 02:44 AM



New Blood Test for Down Syndrome

Filed under: Genetics

A team of clinicians and bioengineers from Stanford University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute is reporting an exciting new technology that can revolutionize prenatal screening, and also calm the nerves of many expectant parents. A new technique, that scans fetal...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on October 7, 2008 12:00 AM



The Future of Clinical Computing: A Vision from Panasonic

Filed under: Informatics , Medgadget Exclusive

This week, Panasonic quietly gathered some of the bigger brains in medical technology and introduced them to the company's upcoming Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA), a new computer for doctors and nurses to use at the point of care. We were...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on September 19, 2008 12:00 AM



Video of ReWalk Exoskeleton System

Filed under: Neurology , Rehab

Israel21C has a video of the ReWalk exoskeleton system, from Argo Medical Technologies, for people with paralyzed legs. We profiled the system back in March, and we thought this video would be interesting to see the device in action: From...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on July 21, 2008 11:14 AM



Tactile Illusion Works Just Like Visual Cousin

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Investigators from Harvard and MIT have been looking into the difference in the brain's response when presented with a similar illusion, but acting on different senses. The 'apparent motion quartet', seen on the right, at first tends to make people...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on July 18, 2008 02:22 PM



Smart Brain-Computer Interface Learns with the Brain

Filed under: Neurological Surgery , Neurology

Neural interfaces have gone through a lot of development and refinement in the last few years, becoming more sensitive and having greater ability to focus on electric signals in the brain. At the University of Florida researchers have developed...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on June 27, 2008 12:06 AM



Wavelet Technology for Better Tumor Diagnosis

Filed under: Radiology

Warwick University researchers, using "wavelet" computer image analysis technology, developed a method to identify the exact subtype of meningioma, a common brain and nervous system cancer that exhibits different mutations. From Warwick University: A wavelet filter is a computing tool...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on June 24, 2008 12:00 AM



MRI's Colorful Future

Filed under: Radiology

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Institutes of Health are working on technology that promises to colorize MRI images, through the use of special micromagnets, that could be designed to be very specific to...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on June 20, 2008 12:21 AM



The Forward Thinking Brain

Filed under: in the news...

A team of U.S. and Canadian scientists claims to have used an MRI machine and a few monkeys to show that the reality that our consciousness perceives is just a little bit in the future, always having to predict what...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on June 18, 2008 02:16 AM



I, For One, Welcome Our Robot-Arm Controlling Monkey Overlords

Filed under: Neurology

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University have managed to configure an implanted electrode array in the brain of a monkey to control a robotic arm. The Daily Mail is reporting on research published in the journal...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on May 29, 2008 12:01 AM



Solve Puzzles for Science: Fold It!

Filed under: Net News

This new online game, a protein folding puzzler, is a product of a collaboration between scientists at University of Washington and Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The game is designed to entertain and advance science at the same time. In...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on May 9, 2008 09:39 AM



SAM Technology: Testing Attention and Memory in the Brain

Filed under: Neurology

A new system, based on EEG and proprietary processing software, is being used to assess the ability of the brain to function after alcohol, prescription drugs, or other stimulants. [Alan] Gevins, founder of SAM Technology and the San Francisco Brain...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on April 30, 2008 12:00 AM



The Social Ladder Is Really In Your Head

Filed under: in the news...

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health discovered how the brain seems to exhibit signs of hard wiring when reacting to events within the social hierarchy, like seeing one's superiors. To find out, the NIMH researchers created an artificial...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on April 25, 2008 09:56 AM



Not Free Will After All?

Filed under: in the news...

The latest neurophysiology research is showing that unconscious processes in the brain develop up to seven seconds before the conscious decision is made, and these processes could be predictive of the decision itself. Here's what investigators from the Max...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on April 15, 2008 12:16 AM



Virtual Reality to Fight Real Paranoia

Filed under: Psychiatry

Did the girl standing by the automatic doors just look at you? Does she think you're strange looking? Is something wrong with your hair? Perhaps you're paranoid and are just thinking too much of the situation? Well then, scientists at...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on April 3, 2008 11:02 AM



Hackers Circumvent Browser, Attack Brain

Filed under: Net News

The world of hacking has achieved another milestone when a team of culprits managed to attack an online forum of epileptics, using Java script pop-ups of seizure inducing imagery. They must have thought it very funny. Perhaps a few...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on March 31, 2008 11:10 AM



Genomics 3.0: Synthetic Functional Enzymes Created Online

Filed under: Genetics

Researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, with the help of people all over the world donating some of their computer processing power through the Rosetta@Home project, managed to create two brand new enzymes never seen in nature. For...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on March 21, 2008 12:03 AM



New Technique Images Small Brainstem Nuclei

Filed under: in the news...

Another day, another functional imaging modality of the brain. Developed by a team at Princeton, the new experimental technique tries to figure out the processes in the brain stem: Reporting in the Feb. 28 edition of Science, the scientists...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on March 3, 2008 10:37 AM



Speech Prosthesis Project: Talking Directly with the Brain

Filed under: Neurology

Boston University researchers, working with Neural Signals Inc., a company involved in developing brain interface systems, believe they perfected a technique that allows them to talk to a completely paralyzed man by directly reading his Broca's area, a part of...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on November 16, 2007 12:05 AM



Brain2Robot Project

Filed under: Neurology , Rehab

This EEG based system, which reads and uniquely processes brain signals, from researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Architecture and Software Technology promises to offer more freedoms to paralyzed patients: Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Architecture and...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on November 13, 2007 10:00 AM



The Mind as Joystick

Filed under: Rehab

Ambient, a Champaign, Illinois company, demonstrated its method for mind controlling mechanical devices at the National Instrument's NI Week in Austin. Apparently the crowd was wowed as an individual drove his wheelchair by simply saying in his head what he...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on September 4, 2007 09:03 AM



Scientists Train Nano-'Building Blocks' to Self Assemble

Filed under: Nanomedicine

In the latest issue of the journal Science, there is a report about a novel type of self-assembling polymers that might prove important in medicine. From the University of Delaware press office: Researchers from the University of Delaware and...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on August 3, 2007 12:28 PM



2P Slim-Mouse Review

Filed under:

We rarely review products: medical gadgets are expensive, invasive, and often dangerous. When asked to take a look at Slim-Mouse from Power Positioning (2P) Ltd. we gladly accepted. After all, we use computer mice every day to deliver our...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on July 20, 2007 10:20 AM



How to Barter a Kidney

Filed under: Informatics

Here's a fantastic idea. Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University thought that two-, three- or four-way barter exchanges might improve kidney donor/recipient matching. Lo and behold, they were right! A recently presented paper "Clearing Algorithms for Barter Exchange Markets: Enabling...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on June 14, 2007 12:17 PM



Wearable Brain Scanner

Filed under: Neurology , Telemedicine

Low on fashion but high on cool factor, Hitachi is working on a wearable brain scanner with applications from medicine, to marketing, to gaming. To steal your thoughts, the device uses the principles of "optical topography" which monitors changes...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on May 24, 2007 04:05 AM



New Gaming Input Device Reads Your Mind

Filed under: etc.

Neurosky, the makers of a biosensor helmet, want to make your gaming experience more life-like and less entertaining. Technology from NeuroSky and other startups could make video games more mentally stimulating and realistic. It could even enable players to...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on April 30, 2007 05:19 AM



Science In Silico

Filed under: Art

Seed Magazine posted a new video: Computer simulations and visualizations are performing the thought experiments of the 21st century and pushing the limits of human vision and imagination. Intriguing? You betcha. Link......permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on April 23, 2007 12:35 AM



Body Upgrades: Replacement Silicon Brain Cells

Filed under: Neurology

Medical and therapeutic neural chips for the treatment of brain disorders and memory duplication -- that is the ambitious plan [understatement!] of neuroscientist Ted Berger who has successfully created the world's first "memory implant" which he believes will revolutionize...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on April 5, 2007 06:46 AM



Mind Games

Filed under: Neurology

We're not talking about the kind of social games where participants screw with each others' heads for lack of better things to enjoy. We're talking about troop rearrangements in Microsoft's Age of Empires without lifting a finger.. Well, that's at...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on April 2, 2007 12:24 AM



Find Your Lost Child with a USB Drive

Filed under: Pediatrics

Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best ones. This is a great story about how an ingenious parent used a USB and a Lost Drive program to help track his children while on a family vacation. This little program...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on March 26, 2007 04:26 AM



Duke Patents Mind-Controlled Weapons

Filed under: Military Medicine

DARPA tells Duke researchers, "if a monkey can control a robotic arm with his brain, then we want soldiers to control machines of war with their thoughts." Control signals can be transmitted via a transmission link 114 to a...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on March 21, 2007 06:12 AM



Salamandra Robotica

Filed under: Neurology

A group of European researchers developed a computerized robotic model of a salamander. According to the press release by the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne such a model will be quite helpful for neurobiologists to study human spinal cord processes....permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on March 9, 2007 12:40 PM



Telekinetic Video Games

Filed under: in the news...

Any time someone talks about the "next-generation of man-machine interaction" we start listening. So when the Australian start-up Emotiv designed a mind-reading futuristic headset (for game playing) we just had to share it with you. Project Epoc:Based on the...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on March 1, 2007 06:24 AM



New Video Games Aim at Improving Mental Health

Filed under: OTC , Psychiatry

The field of video games in medicine is a rapidly growing business and now there's a new company that wants to throw their hat in the ring. MindHabits was founded by psychologist Mark Baldwin and CEO/Gaming Industry Titan Matthew Mather,...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on February 8, 2007 12:50 AM



A Wheelchair That Reads Your Mind

Filed under: Rehab

Over at Wired, there's a story about a thought-controlled wheelchair: Spanish scientists have begun work on a new brain-computer interface, or BCI, capable of converting thought into commands that a wheelchair can execute... The Spanish researchers hope to develop a...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on January 30, 2007 09:01 AM



Coated Nanoparticles Slip Through Mucus

Filed under: Nanomedicine

Johns Hopkins researchers "take cues from viruses" that are known to penetrate the mucous barrier, and develop specially coated nanoparticles that could one day be used for transmucous delivery of meds or for diagnostic purposes: During experiments with these coated...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on January 30, 2007 05:56 AM



New Ideas on Developing Thought-Controlled Artificial Limbs

Filed under: Neurological Surgery , Neurology

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have described a new type of nervous system interface that could be "linked to the patient's thoughts, providing two-way signaling for motor control and feedback from multiple external stimuli." From...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on January 19, 2007 09:53 AM



Computer Characters Tortured for Science

Filed under: Psychiatry

Professor Mel Slater of the Catalan Polytechnic University has recreated the classic Milgram Experiment using a computer simulated woman, with some interesting results. In the original experiment, conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s, volunteers were told by an authority...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on December 28, 2006 12:05 AM



Control of MRI via Internet

Filed under: Radiology

This development should make life of radiologists even easier (and you thought it could not get any better for them!). Software, developed by UCLA radiologists and Siemens Medical Solutions, has been shown to be quite capable in helping to control...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on October 26, 2006 12:40 AM



Thought-Driven Computer Control by ALS Patient

Filed under: Neurological Surgery , Neurology

BrainGate Neural Interface System, from Cyberkinetics Inc., has been tested in a first patient with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's disease), and the results are quite encouraging: ... Leigh R. Hochberg, M.D., Ph.D., Principal Investigator in the pilot...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on October 16, 2006 08:01 AM



Teenager Plays Space Invaders with His Mind

Filed under: Neurological Surgery , Neurology

A team of physicians and graduate engineering students on Monday helped a 14 year old boy suffering from epilepsy to become the first teenager to play a game with his mind. Now, a St. Louis-area teenage boy and a...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on October 11, 2006 12:56 AM



Magenstrasse, an Oral Medications' Highway

Filed under: Medicine

Investigators at Penn State ran computer simulations of a "virtual stomach" and came up with rather interesting findings that might have serious implications for the development of future oral meds: Brasseur, working with Anupam Pal, research associate at Penn State,...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on September 25, 2006 12:00 AM



"Smart" Variable Focal Length Liquid Microlenses

Filed under: Diagnostics

Electrical and computer engineers from the University of Wisconsin have developed novel autonomous lenses with a fascinating set of properties. Eventually the technology could be incorporated into optical systems and medical diagnostic devices: When Hongrui Jiang looked into a fly's...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on August 3, 2006 09:52 AM



Glabenator Raises Eyebrows

Filed under: Neurology

Using thought-reading computers to move limbs is undoubtedly the future for paralysis victims, as was noted earlier today. But until the cost and training time can be brought down, other options lie in wait. High schooler Apurv Mishra has invented...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on June 7, 2006 12:55 PM



The Power of Thought

Filed under: Neurology

(click to play video) This is a video of the BrainGate Neural Interface System covered by us previously. Still in the very early stages of development, the technology already allows paralyzed patients to complete tasks with thoughts only. Yes,...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on June 7, 2006 12:55 AM



Low-Budget Seeing Machine Augments Poet's Vision

Filed under: Ophthalmology

While the DIY craze continues to gather strength, rarely do we find individuals taking medical development into their own hands. There are exceptions to be found in the "DIY RFID implant" (1,2) as well as one cochlear implant implantee seeking...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on May 24, 2006 09:28 AM



Utah Electrode Array to Control Bionic Arm

Filed under: Neurological Surgery , Neurology , Rehab

An interesting bit of news out of the University of Utah is the announcement of a DARPA-supported project to develop a bionic arm, with controls based on the university's proprietary Utah Electrode Array. The device, pictured on the right, is...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on May 24, 2006 12:06 AM



Put On Your Thinking Caps

Filed under: Neurology

At this week's CeBIT in Germany, Fraunhofer is displaying their "mental typewriter" -- still mindnumbingly slow but getting better and faster all the time: Signals from the brain are measured by 128 electrodes affixed to the subject's scalp, similar to...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on March 8, 2006 08:23 AM



Making Work More Work

Filed under: Public Health

Studies show that employees who keep moving are thinner and healthier than those who sit around all day. So, an endocrinologist has developed a system to keep workers on their feet (with nothing but benevolent ideals, of course): Levine is...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on February 24, 2006 10:47 PM



2005 Medical Weblog Awards: Meet the Winners!

Filed under: Medgadget Exclusive , Net News

After a wonderful year of medical blogging, with so much quality writing in so many fields of medicine, it's time to announce the winners of The 2005 Medical Weblog Awards! These awards were chosen by you, the readers --...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on January 17, 2006 08:52 AM



Cell Scaffolding Gets a Close Look

Filed under: in the news...

With the help of a modified atomic force microscope, researchers at the University of California at Berkeley and Stanford University have discovered how the scaffolding matrix of actin within our cells helps them to deal with physical obstacles, allowing...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on December 28, 2005 09:09 AM



Spoofing BioMetric Identification

Filed under: Informatics

Professor Stephanie Schuckers of Clarkson University is a "Spoofing Expert." We thought that meant she wrote for the Daily Show, but it turns out she tests futuristic means of identification of fraud. You've seen this in sci-fi movies: A fingerprint...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on December 21, 2005 11:55 PM



Controlling Pain with Thoughts

Filed under: in the news...

Although sometimes it might feel like your heart is aching, trust us it's all probably in your head. If the pain is there, why not think it away? Research published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on December 14, 2005 12:10 AM



The Specter of Grey Goo

Filed under: Nanomedicine

Computer simulation, reported by the scientific team from Vanderbilt University, shows that the 60-carbon-atom (C60) buckyball molecule of buckminsterfullerene - a darling of nanoscience - when dissolved in water, binds to the DNA molecule, causing it to deform: The findings...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on December 8, 2005 08:39 PM



Diabetes, Discreetly

Filed under: Medicine

A diabetic design student, Andrew Bartlett, has engineered a sleek, all-in-one diabetes kit, to decrease the hassle and public spectacle for kids who want tight glycemic control: In1 is a computer mouse sized 'pebble' that despite its small size, contains...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on November 18, 2005 12:05 AM



Reminder For HIV Patients

Filed under: Medicine

In a study from Johns Hopkins, a pocket-size device giving electronic-voice reminders to "take your medicine" proves to be a success for people living with HIV, whose memory is slightly impaired by the virus. The device, dubbed "Jerry" by most...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on September 15, 2005 05:24 AM



Medgadgeteer On The Frontier

Filed under: Society

Some of our posts on Medgadget are based on the strange emails we receive from our readers -- but this post is especially unusual. It concerns a letter we received from Phraust Byte, nickname of a gentleman from Hawaii, who...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on August 12, 2005 01:13 PM



Cornell Study: Mental Processing Is a Continuous Process

Filed under: in the news...

An important study out of Cornell confirms something that most of us intuitively know: The theory that the mind works like a computer, in a series of distinct stages, was an important steppingstone in cognitive science, but it has outlived...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on July 5, 2005 01:41 AM



"Bionic Arm" Technology from the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Filed under: Neurology , Orthopedic Surgery , Rehab

Mr. Jesse Sullivan is the world's first "Bionic Man", according to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC). In May 2001, Mr. Sullivan lost both of his upper extremities as a result of an accident. The technology that allows this patient...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on June 28, 2005 01:01 AM



Psychiatric VRx (virtual reality therapy)

Filed under: Psychiatry

Georgia State University is beginning a clinical trial to determine the effectiveness of virtual reality therapy for the treatment of public speaking phobia: For many people, the mere thought of public speaking makes their palms sweat, heart race and stomach...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on May 20, 2005 03:56 AM



Scanning the Unconscious

Filed under: Neurology

Reading other people's thoughts with a scan? Not so far-fetched, as technology is getting us there: Scientists say they can read a person's unconscious thoughts using a simple brain scan. Functional MRI scans plot brain activity by looking at brain...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on April 25, 2005 12:49 AM



Brain-controlled 'robo-arm'

Filed under: Neurology

Remember the BrainGate Neural Interface System, that we covered in an earlier post? Here we find technology of a similar species. BBC News reports: Scientists in the US have created a robotic arm that can be controlled by thought...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on February 18, 2005 11:59 PM



Intel develops silicon laser with Raman effect

Filed under: etc.

The Associated Press reports about a new laser that might have a profound effect on future medical technology: In an advance that could drive down the cost of optical networks and help make fiber as common as copper wires,...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on February 17, 2005 09:55 PM



BrainGate Neural Interface System

Filed under: Neurological Surgery , Neurology

The January issue of the Reader's Digest features a most excellent article 'Medical Breakthroughs 2005'. One of the showcased products in the article is BrainGate Neural Interface System, from Cyberkinetics Inc.: In June a young man who is completely...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on January 14, 2005 03:51 AM