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Kinect Keeps An Eye On Grandma Without Invading Her Privacy

10:00AM September 12, 2011 | Owen Good

Because of the way its camera depicts what it sees, Kinect is being used by researchers to monitor elderly patients for their risk of a fall while still respecting their privacy. The device is helping the University of Missouri’s independent living community predict health risks 10 to 14 days before their most serious symptoms manifest. More »


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Tablet Games Trump Traditional Therapy In Treating Autism And Cerebral Palsy

7:00AM July 27, 2011 | Mike Fahey

For decades the traditional therapy for adults and children afflicted with autism and cerebral palsy have remained the same: repetitive activities aimed at hammering home the social and physical skills these disorders make difficult for those afflicted. That’s all changing, thanks to multitouch tablet technology. More »


News

New Discovery About Mosquitoes Reveals Why Vampires Will Never Exist

1:40AM May 21, 2011 | Esther Inglis-Arkell

Scientists have found a type of bacteria that kills off the mosquito that carries malaria. That’s good news. The way the bacteria works means it could also be used to make sure there is never a plague of vampires. That’s even more good news. More »


News

Game Will Terrify Your Kids Into Never Going Outside Again

5:00AM March 22, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Spring has returned in the north, a time when children across the country turn off their video game consoles and venture out into the woods, building tree forts and rolling about in the underbrush. That is, until they play Tick Tackler. Then they’re never going outside again. More »


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The World’s Smallest Computer Wants To Be Inside Of You

6:00AM February 24, 2011 | Mike Fahey

With computer technology forever striving towards smaller and smaller form factors, it was only a matter of time before engineers created the first millimetre-scale computer system, ready for implantation in the human body. More »


Nintendo

Doctor Worries That 3DS Will Turn Children Cross-Eyed

10:30PM February 7, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

To achieve the effect of 3D, the Nintendo 3DS fools the brain into combining two images into a single one, thereby creating the appearance of 3D. One Japanese eye doctor is worried about this. More »


In Real Life

Stem Cell Shooting Gun Heals Massive Burns In Days

6:00AM February 3, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Treating serious burns is a time-consuming process that normally takes weeks or months, leaving patients open to dangerous infections as they heal. This newly-developed stem cell shooting spray gun reduces healing time to days. Warning: graphic video inside. More »


In Real Life

Brain Making Too Much Noise? Reboot It

6:30AM January 14, 2011 | Mike Fahey

As many as 23 million adults in the United States suffer from tinnitus – a ringing sound in the ears that won’t go away. Scientists may have found a way to ease the currently cure-less affliction by rebooting the brain. More »


In Real Life

The Doctor Needs A Kinect, STAT!

12:00PM December 25, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

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News

Video Game Tech Solves The Mystery Of The Sunken Chest

12:00PM October 14, 2010 | Mike Fahey

Pectus excavatum, better known as sunken chest, was once believed to a purely cosmetic abnormality. Why would patients suffering from a cosmetic problem complain of shortness of breath? A little applied video game technology solves the mystery. More »