University of California, Berkeley engineers have built the first dust-sized, wireless sensors that can be implanted in the body, bringing closer the day when a Fitbit-like device could moni... Read more
EEG does not directly read thoughts. Electroencephalography used to require a person to sit still while a computer tracked the brain’s electrical impulses. A newer technology un... Read more
The FCC is considering a request to allocate spectrum bandwidth for medical body area networks that wirelessly monitor one's health Read more
Smart homes of the future will automatically adapt to their surroundings using an array of sensors to record everything from the building’s temperature and humidity to the light level and ai... Read more
Image via Wikipedia MATT REYNOLDS, an assistant professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at Duke University, wears other hats, too — including that of co-founder of tw... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Smart clothes could soon be helping their wearers cope with the stresses of modern life. The prototype garments monitor physiological states including temperature and hea... Read more
New technology like smart pills, a wireless heart monitor and a robotic surgical assistant could radically reshape patient care A new generation of medical devices using wireless communicati... Read more