• Ultrasound for Mind Reading

    Ultrasound is good for more than monitoring fetuses and identifying heart defects. According to engineers in Canada, it can help tell what people are thinking as well. Their research suggests that ultrasound-based devices could lead to a new kind of brain…

  • New Biosensor Chip Picks Up Heart Signals Remotely

    Medical technologists are in hot pursuit of methods for unobtrusively monitoring the body, and video-game-system makers are on the same trail: Nintendo’s Wiimote and Microsoft’s Kinect follow body movements, and products being developed by NeuroSky and…