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The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized the "first test for patient at-home sample collection" for COVID-19.

Home Swab

A cotton swab test kit you can take home could help accelerate testing in the US.

First COVID-19 At-Home Test Kit Authorized by FDA

Apple and Google are partnering on a coronavirus tracking app that can tell you if you've recently been exposed to somebody who has tested positive.

Bluetooth for the Cure

The app will alert you if you've been around anyone who tested positive.

Apple and Google to Launch App for Tracking the Coronavirus

An ominous scoop by The Courier-Journal, a local paper in Kentucky: judges in the state are ordering coronavirus patients to isolate — a demand they're enforcing by making them wear ankle monitors, as if they were under house arrest.

Police State

"These people aren't charged with a crime."

Kentucky Is Forcing Coronavirus Patients to Wear Ankle Monitors

Despite a growing DIY army's intentions, the simple fact is that home-sown cloth masks are close to useless in protecting against the coronavirus.

Good Intentions

They should only be a last resort — and even then, they don't do much.

DIY Face Masks Are Basically Useless Against the Coronavirus

An italian company has come up with a 3D printed adapter that could turn a snorkeling mask into a C-PAP mask for oxygen therapy.

Land Snorkeling

3D printing and some brilliant object-hacking could result in lives saved. Here's to smart fixes.

This 3D-Printed Adapter Turns Snorkeling Mask Into a Ventilator

Last Breath

They'd rather live — even if it means you'll die.

The Rich Are Trying to Buy Their Own Ventilators, in Case Everything Collapses

Juul is pitching a Bluetooth-enabled vape that won't let you puff until you've connected it to an app and uploaded a government-issued ID.

Darth Vapor

This sounds like a terrible episode of "Black Mirror."

Juul Wants to Age-Lock Its Vapes

Uncanny Valley

The startup describes the masks as "trendy dystopian products."

These Unsettling Medical Masks Look Like Human Faces

A handheld device that "prints" sheets of artificial skin directly onto the wounds of burn victims is one step closer to actual use in burn clinics.

Dermis on Demand

And it just passed a test on pigs with flying colors.

Handheld Device "Prints" New Skin Directly Onto Wounds

In the future, doctors could treat damaged nerves with a newly unveiled biodegradable "bridge" created by University of Pittsburgh researchers.

Mind the Gap

It restored nearly 80 percent of nerve function in macaques.

Biodegradable "Bridge" Could Repair Damaged Nerves

A team of researchers have developed an AI that can detect hyoglycaemic events — drops in blood sugar — in raw ECG data from a wearable.

Diabeetus

This is impressive.

This AI Can Detect Low Blood Sugar From ECG Readings

Researchers from MIT came up with an invisible ink that can be harmlessly embedded in the skin along with a vaccine to serve as a medical record.

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