ibmconsulting: A new Kinect for Windows is coming, and this is why you should care By Tom Warren, theverge.com July 15th marks a new era for Kinect hacks Microsoft’s sec­ond Kinect for Win­dows sen­sor is arriv­ing on July 15th for $199, and it’s aim­ing to take...

txchnologist: Could New Wireless Power Transfer Unleash Electric Medicine? Stanford University engineers say they have figured out a way to wirelessly send electric power deeper into the body than ever before. Inventor and electrical engineering assistant professor...

Oculus Rift Pressed Into (Medical) Military Service “Design and innovation consultancy, Plextek Consulting, has announced its successful project with the UK government’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to create a brand new medical...

futurescope: From lab-grown lungs to mechanical eyes, the latest and most realistic artificial body parts Infographic by Jeong Suh/Bryan Christie Design, New York Magazine What a time to be alive.

The Odón Device “The idea came to Jorge Odón as he slept. Somehow, he said, his unconscious made the leap from a YouTube video he had just seen on extracting a lost cork from a wine bottle to the realization that the same parlor trick could save a baby stuck in...