In 2012, a paralyzed woman with an investigational 96-electrode sensor the size of a baby aspirin implanted onto the surface of her brain was able to think about steering a robotic… Read more »
Afraid of needles? The hypodermic variety may soon give way to ultra tiny needles that revolutionize the way we deliver drugs and vaccines. Read more »
A man this week shot down a small drone flying over his property. He was arrested but a recent legal paper suggests his action may have been justified under privacy and… Read more »
With the help of StormTag, OpenSignal wants to open up its WeatherSignal crowdsourcing program to the iPhone as well as collect new types of climate data. Read more »
Batteries are a necessary evil for our connected life, but research from the University of Washington has built a way for devices to communicate without their own power source. This is… Read more »
The American Council on Education says that it has approved a handful of Coursera courses for credit equivalency, meaning those classes could count toward a degree. Read more »
Online learning startup Coursera is working with the American Council on Education to evaluate course equivalency for its courses. The company said the process will start in early 2013 and hopes… Read more »
During a Formula 1 race a driver experiences wrenching forces of more thanĀ 4.5G. His heart rate may exceed 180 beats per minute and his blood pressureĀ could rise by half. With soaring… Read more »
Earlier this week, online ed startup Coursera said it added a dozen new universities and raised an additional $6 million. A contract between the company and a university partner, obtained by… Read more »
The recent release of the iPad is also beginning to make waves in the medical arena as the high-resolution screen enables medical imaging applications. Stanford University School of Medicine, for instance,… Read more »