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As technology becomes a large part of many consumers' everyday lives, the risk of overexposure to new advances grows for people of all ages. Do you know someone who is far more concerned with blogging, pinging and surfing the Internet than with eating dinner, going to the big game or even watching T...
The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago has produced a real-life bionic woman. The RIC introduced Claudia Mitchell on Thursday, the first woman to be successfully fit with its original Bionic Arm technology. Three men were previously fitted with the bionic arm that weighs about six pounds and costs ...
Robotic surgery is a rapidly growing field that has the potential to change the way we think about healthcare for so-called "remote" communities, from the ocean depths to outer space. This developing medical technology field employs robots to hold the instruments while a surgeon operates a console t...
The Environmental Protection Agency last week approved a new framework to regulate the disposal of old computer monitors with cathode ray tubes and aged TVs loaded with mercury, a move that is being applauded by the computer industry. "CEA agrees with the EPA's statement that a CRT not recycled is a...
Today's youth are at risk of going deaf relatively early in life because they are listening to MP3 players that are too loud, too often, according to a new report. A survey of 1,000 Britons between the ages of 16 and 34, conducted by Specsavers Hearcare and Deafness Research UK, found that 14 percen...
British and U.S. scientists are developing an "emotionally aware" computer that can gauge an individual's thoughts by analyzing facial expressions. The technology could have practical applications for people with autism, researchers said. "People express their mental states all the time through faci...
Many business and IT leaders view headlines regarding worries of a bird flu or other outbreak as just that: headlines. However, despite their wide-open opportunity to actually become prepared for such an outbreak or pandemic which, if it were to happen, could significantly stifle workers and product...
The human tongue could lead to the creation of the super soldier of the future. Scientists at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition have found a way to use the tongue to give soldiers extrasensory abilities. A device known as "Brain Port" provides users with owl-like 360-degree visio...
In the art house film, "Wit," Emma Thompson plays an always-acerbic college English professor whose approach to life is challenged by the sudden onset of cancer, and the resultant treatment of chemotherapy. The chemotherapy regime is often worse than the cancer itself, what with countless visits to ...
Nintendo this week released an American version of Japan's No. 1 brain training game, "Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day," for the Nintendo DS. Japanese neurologist Ryuta Kawashima, who maintains that regularly doing easy and fast-paced mental activities can keep brains young, strong and ...
A new study that is sure to revive an old debate says that long-term cell phone use may increase a person's risk of developing brain cancer. The Swedish National Institute for Working Life said its examination of the health and cell phone habits of more than 900 people who had been diagnosed with a ...
More than half of American high school students say they have at least one symptom of hearing loss, and many of their problems are directly attributable to the use of iPods and other portable music players, says a new study. Teenagers aren't the only ones at risk, however. Technology that provides a...
You're likely to visit the doctor when you have an infection, but what if the e-health records in her office were infected themselves -- with viruses, worms and other malware? That could be detrimental to your health, and depending on the severity of the computer problems, could even change the cour...
Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled a new technology that lets users control their computers with their feet. Step User Interface is one of more than 150 unique concepts featured at the sixth annual Microsoft TechFest, which is open primarily to company employees, in Redmond, Wash. The Step UI contains ...
New research released this week indicates that counterfeit drug sales over the Internet are threatening to cause a major, global crisis, one that may harm the health of all. The report, "Counterfeit Drugs: Towards an Irish Response to a Global Crisis," was produced for the IPA by Dublin City Univers...
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