Vodafone, Amazon team to help your phone cure cancer
Some of the leaders in technology are coming together with an Australian medical research leader to help fight cancer, and you’ll be able to do your part while you sleep....
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Philips builds a larger, thinner wireless psoriasis treatment
Medical research is constantly revealing new things, but not everything can be fixed with pills and scans. Skin repair from psoriasis is one such area, and while ointment can help, technology can come to the rescue as well....
Aussie doctors to get a bit of help from their 3D printer friends
3D printers may well be on the path to providing products to us faster than ever, but an Australian company is on track to deliver 3D printed body parts to help surgeons better prepare for the big day....
Aussie innovation noticed in a nose at Tour de France
At least one nose on a cyclist competing at this year's Tour de France race has a bit of Aussie ingenuity inside. It might sound strange, but it’s one step forward for helping us all breathe a little better. ...
Australians make breakthrough with Alzheimer’s research
We’re always fans of scientific breakthroughs, especially when they’re homegrown, and that’s just what we have to start the week off, with one of those coming out of Queensland for Alzheimer’s research. ...
Swiss scientists may solve paralysis with an implant
Science stories don’t get picked up here as often as gadgets, but we love it all the same, and one thing we love is hearing about science that can make people better, with scientists in Switzerland doing just that. ...
Aussies crowned winners of Imagine Cup with a mobile medical marvel
We’re fans of stories where people are doing brilliant things, and the winners of this year’s Microsoft Imagine Cup certainly classify as that, and are even locals, too....
Box-less: things you didn’t know Samsung made
When you check out an electronics store, there's a very good chance you're going to find something made by Samsung on quite a few of the shelves, and while phones, tablets, cameras, and TVs are the things we know about, there are a few things you may not see coming....
Give your teeth an ultrasound with a new type of toothbrush
If you haven't updated your toothbrush in the past year, it might be time for a trip to the dentist, as well as a replacement for that instrument in your home, and while that new brush probably looks like your old one, a German company has a solution that is sure to make you say "aaaaaahhhh."...
Aussie students win big with medical innovation
More than just a simple mobile calling device, smartphones can be used for lots of things. They're a camera, a web browser, a media player, and more, but a few students have come up with a way to make them useful in medicine, and they've received a cash grant to prove it....
Microsoft teams up with students to help fight sickness
The lives of doctors and nurses may soon get easier, thanks to an idea by students at the University of Melbourne, which aims to turn an ordinary smartphone into a medicinal instrument. ...
3D printing: coming soon to a hospital near you
Imagine doing severe damage to your jaw and needing a replacement. Today, you'd ironically be charged an arm and a leg, with a wait time of practically forever. Now picture walking in, having the doctor print a physical replacement jaw, and booking you in for surgery that very day. It could happen, thanks to some impressive developments in 3D printing....
Vodafone, Amazon team to help your phone cure cancer
Some of the leaders in technology are coming together with an Australian medical research leader to help fight cancer, and you’ll be able to do your part while you sleep....
Philips builds a larger, thinner wireless psoriasis treatment
Medical research is constantly revealing new things, but not everything can be fixed with pills and scans. Skin repair from psoriasis is one such area, and while ointment can help, technology can come to the rescue as well....
Aussie doctors to get a bit of help from their 3D printer friends
3D printers may well be on the path to providing products to us faster than ever, but an Australian company is on track to deliver 3D printed body parts to help surgeons better prepare for the big day....
Aussie innovation noticed in a nose at Tour de France
At least one nose on a cyclist competing at this year's Tour de France race has a bit of Aussie ingenuity inside. It might sound strange, but it’s one step forward for helping us all breathe a little better. ...
Australians make breakthrough with Alzheimer’s research
We’re always fans of scientific breakthroughs, especially when they’re homegrown, and that’s just what we have to start the week off, with one of those coming out of Queensland for Alzheimer’s research. ...
Swiss scientists may solve paralysis with an implant
Science stories don’t get picked up here as often as gadgets, but we love it all the same, and one thing we love is hearing about science that can make people better, with scientists in Switzerland doing just that. ...
Aussies crowned winners of Imagine Cup with a mobile medical marvel
We’re fans of stories where people are doing brilliant things, and the winners of this year’s Microsoft Imagine Cup certainly classify as that, and are even locals, too....
Box-less: things you didn’t know Samsung made
When you check out an electronics store, there's a very good chance you're going to find something made by Samsung on quite a few of the shelves, and while phones, tablets, cameras, and TVs are the things we know about, there are a few things you may not see coming....
Give your teeth an ultrasound with a new type of toothbrush
If you haven't updated your toothbrush in the past year, it might be time for a trip to the dentist, as well as a replacement for that instrument in your home, and while that new brush probably looks like your old one, a German company has a solution that is sure to make you say "aaaaaahhhh."...
Aussie students win big with medical innovation
More than just a simple mobile calling device, smartphones can be used for lots of things. They're a camera, a web browser, a media player, and more, but a few students have come up with a way to make them useful in medicine, and they've received a cash grant to prove it....
Microsoft teams up with students to help fight sickness
The lives of doctors and nurses may soon get easier, thanks to an idea by students at the University of Melbourne, which aims to turn an ordinary smartphone into a medicinal instrument. ...
3D printing: coming soon to a hospital near you
Imagine doing severe damage to your jaw and needing a replacement. Today, you'd ironically be charged an arm and a leg, with a wait time of practically forever. Now picture walking in, having the doctor print a physical replacement jaw, and booking you in for surgery that very day. It could happen, thanks to some impressive developments in 3D printing....