Is this Apple Store-inspired setup the future of health care? Forward says yes
Forward opened its doors for the first time this week, inviting patients (who are "members") in for everything from a pap smear to a vaccine.
Blood refuses to go anywhere near this new medical implant material
A new type of medical implant material is so repellent to blood that your body won’t even realize an implant is there at all.
Drug-releasing tooth implant would keep your mouth germ-free
Researchers at KU Leuven have created a porous dental implant that slowly releases drugs with the goal of preventing and fighting infections.
Weekly Rewind: Emoji freeze iPhones, Tesla taps solar power, Samsung scandals soar
In the tech world, a lot happens in a week. That’s why we’ve compiled a quick and dirty list of this week's top 10 tech stories.
Bye-bye fillings! Alzheimer’s drug lets teeth repair themselves
Researchers have developed a method for stimulating the renewal of living stem cells in teeth, using a drug developed for Alzheimer's.
Pests begone! BioClay offers a safe and sustainable alternative to pesticides
A research team at the University of Queensland in Australia is developing BioClay, an environmentally sustainable alternative to pesticides.
Soft robot sleeve will help hearts to beat when they’re failing
Soft robotic sleeve can keep failing heart beating by wrapping around it and mimicking its natural rhythms through twisting and compression.
Heartbeat passwords could be an affordable way to protect medical records
Researchers think the best way to protect personal electronic health records could be using a patient's own unique, distinctive heartbeat.
Scientists transform a Nokia 1020 into a microscope to save lives
Scientists have transformed a Nokia 1020 into a DNA-sequencing microscope using a breakthrough, inexpensive 3D-printed apparatus.
With this Hurtta jacket, cold weather won’t impede your adventures with your dog
When a dog has short hair or lacks an undercoat, they really aren't built for cold air and high winds. The Chill Stopper traps in the warmth.
Fortress Clothing keeps you warm even after diving into icy waters
Fortress Clothing keeps you warm even when wet. No matter how soaked it gets, moisture pushes away from the body to keep users dry and warm.
These DARPA-funded cardboard drones are designed to deliver supplies, then disappear
Called ICARUS, this DARPA-funded cardboard drone project is designed for flying those missions there’s no coming back from.
Save your skin from sun damage by snapping a photo in invisible ultraviolet
New Kickstarter campaign SmartUV hopes to promote skin health by letting people see themselves in UV, which is invisible to the naked eye.
Infuze lets you switch between water and electrolytes with the turn of a dial
Hydration is key in the outdoors. Pure water is best, but your body needs electrolytes. Hikers have had to choose, but Infuze changes that.
Your next trip to Aspen Snowmass will be much easier thanks to this new app
Hitting the slopes can be enjoyable, but planning a trip is a different story. Aspen Snowmass has a new app that hopes to make things easier.
Brain-reading technology could keep you alert at the wheel of your car
A smart car headrest promises to monitor your brain activity as you drive, and make sure that your full focus is on the road.
Artificial intelligence can now predict heart failure, and that may save lives
An artificial intelligence system has accurately predicted when patients with heart conditions will die, according to new results published
Think you feel a cold coming on? ColdSense app will tell you if you’re right
You might be able to predict the future with ColdSense, an app meant to help you evaluate your chances of catching the common cold.
Club owner designs acoustic-filter protective earplugs that don’t distort sound
After developing tinnitus in his own New York City clubs, the owner designed stylish earplugs to reduce volume but preserve music quality.
Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: LED guitar tutors, electric scooters, and more
Check out our roundup of the coolest crowdfunding projects and product announcements that hit the web this week.
NutriBaby is a smart baby-food processor that keeps track of all your little one’s meals
Nutribaby+Connect is a smart baby food processor that keeps track of what you're feeding your child thanks to an app.
Swiss clockwork pacemaker gives your heart the Rolex treatment
Researchers in Switzerland are working on a clockwork pacemaker with all the mechanical ingenuity of a high-end Swiss watch.
Weekly rewind: Nintendo Switch incoming, incredible space photos, Vegas' self-driving buses
In the tech world, a lot happens in a week. That’s why we’ve compiled a quick and dirty list of this week's top 10 tech stories.
Paper centrifuge can spin at an astonishing 125,000 revolutions per minute
Professor Manu Prakash has built a low-cost paper centrifuge, based on a classic children’s toy called the whirligig.
Need a new ear, nose, or patella? This new 3D printer can create bones and soft tissue
Cellink has announced the launch of its new Bio X printer, which it hopes will bring 3D bioprinting to a whole new audience.
Granite Gear wants to sponsor you to clean up litter while you hike
If you're the kind of person who picks up trash when they see it, then Granite Gear may sponsor you to do just that.
Crowdsourced and crowdfunded, Olive proposes itself as next-gen hearing aid
Taking a new path in product development, the Olive hearing aid crowd-sources research and design feedback with a crowdfunding campaign.
Scientists genetically modified salmonella to eat cancerous tumors
A new research project shows how salmonella food poisoning can be modified to become a cancer-seeking missile.
Wearable device lets visually impaired people sense their surroundings
Using millimeter wave radar sensors, Guidesense can detect obstacles in the environment and relay that information back to the wearer..
3D-scanned ‘trillennium man’ predicts what evolution has in store for us
3D model shows how mankind has evolved over the years -- and even predicts how we might continue to do so in the future.
Illumina's new machine may bring the cost of genome sequencing to under $100
Illumina — a DNA sequencing company — unveiled a machine called the NovaSeq at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference this week.
Superflex's powered clothing is designed to give the elderly their strength back
Superflex is developing “powered clothing." It's lightweight and connected clothing, equipped with electric muscles to support core movement.