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more about #medicaltechnology ParryLost: That's really awesome news. It's amazing how technology for helping the visually impaired is advancing. The eyes (and related nerves) are so complicat... more » Klebert L. Hall: That's really odd... . BTW, didn't Lord John Worfin do something eerily similar in Buckaroo Banzai? -Kle. more » XerxesQados: Taste the rainbow? more » gorehound: I think it is great that our technology might just be able to enable folks to see who are blind.And there are other devices that help other kinds of d... more » noisy doll: Does this only work for people who had vision at some point in their lives and can remember that? Or is it supposed to give sight to patients for the ... more » Indigen: Listen... do you smell something? more » I Think We're Property: Wow, I don't believe it. No, literally, I'm not sure I believe it. Pics or didn't happen, so they say. On the other hand, it does jive with one esta... more » The Curse of Millhaven: If it works and can be used for long periods, I think that I would prefer an invasive implant to having an electrode hanging out of my mouth. Even so,... more » Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: I guess they are gonna have to use there eyes as tungs. Imagen talking with your eyes. Its already a mouth looking thing so.. more » twophrasebark: This is a seriously great idea. I find that wearing contact lenses inevitably means eye infections no matter how careful I am or how clean my lens are... more » Asha L Kydd: Having a eye condition that requires specialized eye drops (Iritis), I can completely appreciate this idea. more » frankenstoen: The only thing that freaks me out more than putting eyedrops in my eyes is putting contact lenses in them. more » Mount_Prion: Oh, how I envy the goat this is being tested on. more » Gann: They need to develop a pocket-sized STD version of this to discreetly 'sniff' that cute but slightly skanky looking girl at the bar. more » lightninglouie: I'll be overjoyed if they call the medical apps Feinbergs. Also, it should totally make a wee-wee-wee-wee noise, just because. more » gorehound: i have hep-c and have had many ultrasounds.i may end up getting another biopsy this summer. this was an interesting article. more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: I guess really helping people is cool and all that, but I was really hoping this was going to tell me about a free Star Trek themed promotional iPhone... more » Kamenwati: Man about time I sketched out designs for this type of stuff years ago but was to broke to make anything of it. Its nice to know we are advancing in t... more » -
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BrainPort Device Lets The Blind Use Their Taste Buds To See
BrainPort, created by neuroscientists at Wicab, Inc., may allow the blind to restore part of their sight by routing sensory information through a different receptor. Using a digital camera and specialized "lollipop", the blind can actually see with their tongues. More » -
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Tired Of Eye Drops? Try These Drug-Dispensing Contact Lenses
Are you one of those people that gets squeamish when you have to put eye-drops in? Good news! A new type of contact lens can deliver eye medication with no fuss all day, every day for 30 days. More » -
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Replacement Joint Coating Brings Us One Step Closer To The Reign Of The Cybermen
Scientists in Israel have come up with a way to cover prosthetics and joint replacements with a human tissue-like coating. A new application of a 200 year old electroplating process might be the future of complication-free joint replacements. More » -
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Chemical Nose Can "Smell" Cancer
The next wave of cancer diagnosis techniques might rely on a newly-invented chemical nose. The nose can sniff out different types of cancer by detecting any abnormal cells developing in your body. More » -
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Your iPhone Could Become A Medical Tricorder
Any smart phone can become a medical imaging scanner, performing biopsies and imaging scans on the fly, with the help of a small USB plug-in, say researchers at Washington University in St. Louis. More »
