Monday, May 23, 2011 - 11:45am
IBM's Watson computer may have made headlines beating human opponents on Jeopardy, but it's got a new, less glamorous job ahead of it: making medical diagnoses.
medical tech stories
Monday, May 23, 2011 - 11:04am
It's Healthy Week at Syfy, and I know what you're thinking: "I'm already healthy, I don't need any advice from you!" Fortunately, your body is good for lots more than just keeping you alive. Here's a list of 9 ways you can modify your body to be even more useful, from bionic implants to portable power generators.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 9:06am
Right in time for lunch comes Animated Anatomies, a gallery released by Duke University of "anatomical flap books." Think pop-up books for children, just for doctor's with iron stomachs.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - 3:00pm
How small can video cameras get? Very small, it turns out. This medical camera from Medigus is apparently the world's smallest, and at 0.99mm wide, I believe it.
Monday, April 18, 2011 - 12:29pm
We are living in the future. Proof: a factory in Germany has a bunch of robots making skin with the aim of using it in transplants in humans.
Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 9:45am
Bad news, dudes: researchers in Japan have just made fertile mammalian sperm in a petri dish. That's once less reason for women to keep our asses around.
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 8:14am
This is fantastic news! A team of scientists at Harvard University and MIT have created a $200 scanner gizmo that can detect cancer in one hour. How life-changing is that?
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 4:04am
As DVICE readers already know, 3D printing technology can do some amazing things. Now, the medical community is looking to add another trick to that repertoire: printing skin and body parts.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 10:30am
Well, this is amazing: a new medical technique to treat burns involves spraying the affected area with the victims own stem cells, which results in major burns healing in a matter of days.
