Medical Technology

@WIRED 10 months ago

“You have a right to your records.” This week’s @WIRED Classics revisits @mcgowankat’s 2016 feature about our medical records. Data generated by your body is routinely captured and sold by health care companies. Shouldn’t you benefit from it, too? https://www.wired.com/2016/02/our-medical-data-must-become-free/ https://t.co/gIFdad8m0H

@WIRED 10 months ago

“You have a right to your records.” This week’s @WIRED Classics revisits @Kat McGowan’s 2016 feature about our #medical records. #Data generated by your body is routinely captured and sold by #health care companies. Shouldn’t you benefit from it, too? https://www.wired.com/2016/02/our-medical-data-must-become-free/ https://t.co/OzmNFpOJLz

@WIRED 1 year ago

While battery tech is far from the "endless battery" of our dreams, it turns out one already exists. Your body generates enough energy to power wearables, medical sensors, and implanted devices—and tech designers are plugging in: https://www.wired.com/story/the-battery-that-never-gets-flat/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_brand=wired&utm_social-type=owned : Jacqui Vanliew/Getty https://t.co/TAKT2XpdHu

@WIRED 5 years ago

#Happy420! There’s a lot of misconceptions about cannabis in the world, but here’s one central truth: it's a powerful medicine that can help treat what ails the human body. It’s also ... very complicated. Let us guide you through the, er, haze. 1/ https://wired.trib.al/qy2EZnz https://t.co/98yrGsvwOt

@WIRED 6 years ago

Medical researchers have the cargo they need to test genetic therapies. Now they just need to figure out how to deliver it.

@WIRED 6 years ago

The technology, which makes your smartphone screen a window into the human body, is not on the market yet, but it’s already saved a life.

@WIRED 6 years ago

The technology, which makes your smartphone screen a window into the human body, is not on the market yet, but it’s already saved a life.

@WIRED 6 years ago

The functioning of this man's own body—heartbeat included—could be used against him in an upcoming trial.

@WIRED 7 years ago

You wouldn’t want something inside your body to be remote-controlled by a criminal. But many of these devices are vulnerable to attack.

@WIRED 7 years ago

Get ready for robots in your body.

@WIRED 8 years ago

At 27 pounds, the Phoenix is among the lightest and cheapest medical exoskeletons. (MIT Technology Review)