A study published today in JAMA Pediatrics warns that kids’ literacy and language skills suffer with screen use, and MRI scans of their brains appear to back up the findings. The study: Forty-seven 3- to 5-year-olds took a test to measure their cognitive abilities, and …Continue reading
Reddit’s automoderator is the future of the internet, and deeply imperfect
For the past four years, Shagun Jhaver has moderated several subreddits, diligently scrolling through pages and blocking posts that violate community rules or are outright offensive. A PhD student at Georgia Tech whose research focuses on content moderation, Jhaver wondered if an …Continue reading
These amazing Met Gala looks took more than a thousand hours of 3D printing
Last night, 3D printing made an appearance in an area you might not expect: the Met Gala. The fund-raising event for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is famous for the impressive, wild, and avant-garde looks worn by some of …Continue reading
The smartphone app that can tell you’re depressed before you know it yourself
There are about 45 million people in the US alone with a mental illness, and those illnesses and their courses of treatment can vary tremendously. But there is something most of those people have in common: a smartphone. A startup founded in …Continue reading
Soon your doctor will be able to wirelessly track your health—even through walls
Imagine a box, similar to a Wi-Fi router, that sits in your home and tracks all kinds of physiological signals as you move from room to room: breathing, heart rate, sleep, gait, and more. Dina Katabi, a professor of electrical engineering and …Continue reading
A stretchy stick-on patch can take blood pressure readings from deep inside your body
The last time you had your blood pressure checked, it was probably at a doctor’s office with a bulky cuff wrapped around your arm. One day soon, perhaps, you will just need a simple stick-on patch on your neck, no bigger than …Continue reading
Five ways you can already become a cyborg, one body part at a time
There are now countless ways for us to augment our bodies, some as wince-worthy as implanting a chip under your skin or as simple as strapping on some computerized knee braces. We’ve put together a list to introduce you to some of …Continue reading
Now playing: a movie you control with your mind
Usually when you watch a film, you sit back in your chair, eyes trained on a screen, as the story unfolds. It’s a lot different when you watch one of Richard Ramchurn’s latest films. Ramchurn, a graduate student at the University of …Continue reading
Subcutaneous Fitbits? These cows are modeling the tracking technology of the future
Somewhere on a dairy farm in Wellsville, Utah, are three cyborg cows, indistinguishable from the rest of the herd. Just like the other cows, they eat, drink, and chew their cud. Occasionally, they walk over to a big, spinning red-and-black brush, suspended …Continue reading