Neuralink wants to automate brain surgery and mass produce implants by 2026
Moving from limited trials to high-volume production
Healthcare articles
New York wants social media to carry tobacco-style health warnings
Governor Hochul stated that New Yorkers deserve safety and transparency
Scientists discover an amphibian gut bacterium 100% effective in destroying cancer cells in rats
Natural cancer treatment with no ill effects on healthy tissue
What we know so far: Scientists have uncovered a naturally occurring gut bacterium from common tree frogs that can completely eradicate cancerous tumors in lab animals. The organism even outperforms some existing therapies. The discovery has the potential to revolutionize cancer treatment, but the research needs more work.
Kohler's $600 AI toilet camera sparks major privacy concerns
Dekoda's "end-to-end encryption" is really just standard HTTPS
Amazon data center linked to rare cancers and miscarriages in Oregon, report warns
Echoes of Flint as Oregon nitrate crisis worsens
A Neuralink patient with ALS is using his brain implant to control a camera and look around again
Engineers adapt video-conferencing camera and interface to meet patient's mobility needs
This ultra-thin UVA detector is designed to disappear into your smartwatch or clothing
The see-through device can reliably monitor ultraviolet A, a leading cause of skin cancer
A rice-sized bionic eye implant could bring artificial vision into the real world
The wireless retinal implant converts video from smart glasses into signals the brain can interpret
Forward-looking: A first-of-its-kind bionic chip, smaller than a grain of rice, has delivered remarkable results in early clinical trials by restoring functional vision to patients blinded by macular degeneration. The breakthrough is being hailed as a potential turning point for artificial vision technology – shifting a field long defined by prototypes and promises toward one that could soon enter routine clinical use.
Kohler's $600 AI toilet camera analyzes your waste for health insights
A camera that gives a crap about your health
Google and Yale's new AI just made a major cancer discovery
A 27-billion-parameter AI model just made a breakthrough in understanding how tumors hide
Breakthrough 3D printing methods bring artificial skin tissue closer to reality
Swedish research team pioneers methods to print skin with functioning blood vessels
Elon Musk's Neuralink says 12 patients have used its brain interface chips for 2,000 days and 15,000 hours
More clinical studies in other countries are taking place
No wearables needed: researchers use WiFi and Raspberry Pi to measure your heart rate in real time
Matching clinical accuracy within seconds
Heat waves could accelerate biological aging, scientists warn
Two years of heat waves can speed biological aging by eight to 12 days
FTC sues LA Fitness operators over "impossible to cancel" memberships
And that's why most people never bother
Meta under fire over AI rules that allow romantic roleplay with children and false medical advice
AI chatbots producing inappropriate and inaccurate content... no way
Doctors became worse at spotting cancer after relying on AI for help, study finds
Experts call for urgent further study
Experimental AI smart glasses can read lips to improve hearing aids
Hearing aid manufacturers could release AI glasses in 2026
Three weeks with an AI: How one man fell into a digital delusion
There is a human cost to AI's flattery and endless storytelling
Smartwatches are useless for measuring actual stress levels, study says
"Be careful and don't live by your smartwatch"
Man develops rare 19th-century psychiatric disorder after following ChatGPT's diet advice
He thought his neighbor was trying to poison him
NASA and Google developed an AI medical assistant to keep astronauts healthy on deep-space missions
The system could have wider healthcare uses
Diabetes patient produces own insulin after gene-edited cell transplant – without anti-rejection drugs
A potential major step toward a type 1 diabetes cure
Scientists are growing tumors in space to study how to personalize cancer treatment
A biotech startup now grows real patient tumors in three dimensions aboard the space station