Steven Kotler
Vibrating wristband gives deaf people a new way to ‘hear’
Housed inside a wristband slightly bigger than a Fitbit, the Buzz has a microphone that picks up sound and a ...
Stem cells and sight: “And the blind shall see again”
Some days the future arrives faster than others—this is one of those days. Researchers from Oxford University just announced that ...
What 23andMe is really selling
This week, 23andme, the personalized genomics company founded by Anne Wojcicki, wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, got an influx of investment cash ...
Could Bioimimicry solve global hunger?
Biomimicry or biomimetics is the examination of nature for inspiratioin order to solve human problems. The latest wave of biomimicry ...
Synthetic biology: New frontiers, and a DNA laser printer?
It’s been a good month for synthetic biology. A few weeks ago, in a great talk (on the concept of ...