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Two victims who say they've experienced strokes following their sinuplasties involving an AI-powered medical device have sued the maker.
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AI-Powered Surgery Tool Repeatedly Injuring Patients, Lawsuits Claim

By Victor Tangermann

A Finnish company called IXI is claiming to have manufactured the world's first eyeglasses that can change prescription on the fly.
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Instant Bifocals: New Glasses Can Change Their Prescription on the Fly Depending on What You’re Looking At 

By Sharon Adarlo

Researchers at MIT have invented "Circulatronics," a medical platform they say enables non-invasive treatment of neuroinflammation.
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MIT Invents Injectable Brain Chips

By Joe Wilkins

Nike has shown off an intriguing new pair of shoes, dubbed Project Amplify, that it claims to be the "world’s first powered footwear system."
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Nike’s New Sneaker Contains an Exoskeleton to Boost Your Leg Performance

By Victor Tangermann

The once favored in-home fitness company is putting pedal to the metal to carve out their own lane in the AI race.
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Peloton Announces Pivot to AI, Jacks Up Price

By Rae Witte

A faulty Samsung Galaxy Ring battery caused the smart ring to swell up, sending its wearer to the emergency room for removal.
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Smart Ring Swells Up, Crushes Man’s Finger and Sends Him to the Hospital

By Rae Witte

Scientists in South Korea have modified a glue gun to generate bone grafts and print them directly onto fractures in animals.
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Doctors Modify Hot Glue Gun to Stick Broken Bones Back Together

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have created contact lenses that they claim allow people to see in the dark with the help of infrared light.
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Researchers Say New Contact Lenses Let You See in the Dark

By Victor Tangermann

Using a device that functions kind of like a shock collar, researchers say they have found a fascinating, if not grisly, way to treat PTSD.
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Scientists Say Shock Collar-Like Device Can Treat PTSD

By Noor Al-Sibai

Adrian Thiessen had a vitamin-sized capsule camera trapped in his intestines for over six months. He says it saved his life.
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Meet the Man Who Got a High-Tech PillCam Stuck Inside His Intestines for Six Months — and Says It Saved His Life

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Health data collected from senator Cory Booker's record-breaking Senate speech shows the obvious: a 25-hour filibuster is hard, actually!
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Cory Booker Releases Oura Ring Data From His 25-Hour Speech

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

We spoke to the bright engineering minds who brought a vape-connected "Tamagotchi" — which dies if you don't inhale — to life.
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We Talked to the Inventors of the “Tamagotchi” Vape That Dies If You Stop Puffing

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk has been accused by his number-one nemesis, "212" rapper Azealia Banks, of having a "botched penis implant."
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Let’s Talk About Botched Weiner Implants

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk's brain chip company is entering its next phase of experiments: seeing if patients can move a robotic arm using their minds. 
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Neuralink Testing Robot Arm Controlled by Brain Chip

By Noor Al-Sibai

Several people in northern Switzerland have been arrested following a death inside a "suicide pod" dubbed Sarco.
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“Several People” Arrested After Helping Woman Use Suicide Pod

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers developed a implantable device that can detect the first signs of an opioid overdose and then rapidly inject naloxone.
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Implantable Device Can Detect and Reverse Opioid Overdose

By Sharon Adarlo