CNET News - Health Tech

Nifty stem-cell engineering sheds light on Parkinson's disease

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:03:27 PST

Researchers turned skin cells from Parkinson's patients into brain cells and used them to untangle the workings of one form of the disease.

Can a smartphone sense depression?

Dara Kerr — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:51:30 PST

New smartphone technology called Mobilyze is being developed to make personal mood assessments and help people stave off depression.

Originally posted at News - Digital Media

This wristwatch wants to change your life (and how you sleep)

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:36:33 PST

New software for the Sleeptracker Elite wristwatch helps users track sleep data over time, including nightly sleep scores based on light sleep stages, minutes of interrupted sleep, and more.

Portable device to detect pathogens in 30 minutes

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:24:51 PST

The goal: A handheld device, described as a molecular-level Lego set, that will test for tuberculosis and similar bugs in 30 minutes.

3D printer produces new jaw for woman

Martin LaMonica — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:59:23 PST

In what's being called a first-of-a-kind operation, surgeons implant an entire titanium jaw made with a precision 3D printing technique.

Originally posted at News - Cutting Edge

Crab dinner inspires cancer-removing robot

Bonnie Cha — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:59:15 PST

Researchers in Singapore create a robot that can remove early-stage stomach cancer, and it's all thanks to a chili crab dinner.

Originally posted at Crave

Tiny monitor tracks vital signs sans skin contact

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:56:52 PST

The 2-inch-wide sensor, which tracks heart rate, respiration, and movement, is non-invasive and wearable.

Bass-heavy rap powers implantable medical sensors

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:11:22 PST

A microelectromechanical system out of Purdue vibrates enough to generate power when subjected to sounds in the 200- to 500-hertz range. After testing the device using hip-hop, jazz, blues, and rock, researchers find "rap is the best."

Could smart Biomask regenerate burned faces?

Tim Hornyak — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:51:12 PST

Intelligent biomechanical mask under development at the University of Texas at Arlington could regrow faces for soldiers burned on the battlefield.

Originally posted at Crave

Use Kinect to teach anatomy? It's a 'Mirracle'!

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:42:51 PST

Researchers in Germany are using Kinect to develop an augmented reality mirror called 'Mirracle' to give users virtual X-ray views of their bodies.