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Scientists learn to selectively erase and restore memories in brain — RT News
Wiping out memories at a press of a button – just like with a ‘neuralizer’ from the Men in Black movie – may soon become a reality. Researchers have managed to erase and then restore lost memory in genetically modified rats with a flash of light.
Retinal Prosthetics Improved To Make Artificial Vision More Natural
Researchers have used electrical stimulation of retinal cells to produce the same patterns of activity that occur when the retina sees a moving object. Although more work remains, this is a step toward restoring natural, high-fidelity vision to blind people, the researchers say.
Senseonics nets $20M, starts trials for connected, embedded continuous glucose monitor
Germantown, Maryland-based continuous glucose monitor developer Senseonics raised $20 million from existing investors Anthem Capital, Delphi Ventures, Greenspring Associates, Healthcare Ventures, and New Enterprise Associates.
Artificial Intelligence Raises New Hope for Cancer Patients
On Monday mornings, Bob Michaels walks into the infusion center at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City and takes a seat in a comfortable barcalounger. An oncology nurse connects the port implanted in the retired university professor’s chest to a portable IV pump.
Meet The Free App That Wants To Keep You Safe From Kidnapping
If you find yourself in a dangerous situation, your first instinct may not be to reach for your smartphone for help. But a Brooklyn developer has built a new emergency app, ‘I’m Getting Kidnapped,’ that could help make you feel a bit safer, just in time for the World Cup.
Artificial intelligence at the doctor’s office : AI can help physicians make decisions.
Long Island dermatologist Kavita Mariwalla knows well how to treat acne, burns, and rashes. But when a patient came in with a potentially disfiguring case of bullous pemphigoid—a rare skin condition that causes large, watery blisters—she was stumped.
Google Will Deploy $1 Billion Worth Of Satellites To Spread Internet Access
The tubes that make up the internet cover much of the world, but not all of it. Google has announced plans to get internet to where the tubes can’t reach, with three technologies: balloons, high-altitude solar-powered drones, and the latest, satellites in space.
Google Plans To Spend $1B On Satellite Internet For Remote Regions
Google is planning to spend $1 billion on a fleet of satellites that will bring internet to the world’s most remote areas, the Wall Street Journal has revealed.
Learn New Skills With Superhuman Speed
Photo: Georgia TechGood Vibrations: By activating tiny vibration motors in its fingertips, the Mobile Music Touch glove speeds up the process of learning to play a piano melody. The glove looks humdrum, like a garment you might pick up at a sporting-goods store.
CardioMEMS gets FDA clearance for implanted artery pressure sensor, St. Jude to acquire it
Atlanta, Georgia-based health device maker CardioMEMS received FDA clearance for its CardioMEMS HF System, which monitors pulmonary artery pressure, but for patients who have experienced New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III heart failure and have been hospitalized for heart failure in the




