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Science News July 15, 2000 Ivars Peterson |
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IEEE Spectrum March 2006 Samuel K. Moore |
Psychiatry's Shocking New Tools Electronic implants and electromagnetic pulses are picking up where psychoactive drugs have failed. |
IEEE Spectrum May 2006 Rahul Sarpeshkar |
Brain Power Neuromorphic engineering has been around for 20 years, and its first fruits are finally approaching the market. The likely first application is bionics. |
Wired March 2007 Sunny Bains |
Mixed Feelings See with your tongue. Navigate with your skin. Fly by the seat of your pants (literally). How researchers can tap the plasticity of the brain to hack our 5 senses and build a few new ones. |
Nursing September 2010 Donna Nayduch |
Back to basics: Identifying and managing acute spinal cord injury Spinal cord injuries involve damage to the neurons of the spinal cord. They're often devastating because they're associated with life-threatening complications and loss of functional independence. |
American Family Physician February 15, 2003 |
Quantum Sufficit Coolibar's line of garments block the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays... Study of married couples shows that partners tend to share certain diseases... etc. |
Popular Mechanics July 2007 Erik Sofge |
DARPA's Better Bionic Arm: Our Most Limb-Like Prosthetic In a first for prosthetics, a new mechanical arm gives its user the sense of touch. |
Scientific American May 2009 Choi & Ballantyne |
News Scan Briefs: Logic That Feels the Noise Thermal buzz... Self-medicating bugs... Apes that plan... Mesh that floats... Brain bias in vision... |