STEM education has exploded onto the international education scene over the past few decades. Growing job opportunities and stories of high tech organizations and personas taking the world by storm have ignited a firestorm of interest in this field and … Read More
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Girls in STEM: Biomedical Engineering
Writing this in 2020, it is widely known in the education field that there is a stark imbalance between the number of women and men active in STEM fields. Although women make up 47% of the overall US workforce, only … Read More
STEM Competitions with Biomedical Engineering
There is no better way to experience engineering than to try testing your own solution to a Biomedical Engineering issue yourself! This field provides vast opportunities to form a team of your fellow students and submit your creation to a … Read More
Entering the World of Biomedical Engineering
For any current high school or middle school students out there having seen one of the Iron Man movies or a Boston Robotics technology video, it’s not hard to become enamoured with building a next generation exoskeleton or companion robot. … Read More
A Fit Brain Complements a Fit Body
FocusCalm helps world-class athletes reach peak performance Over the past few months, BrainCo has been working closely with US Olympic Weightlifter Jessica Lucero and her husband, Christian Lucero, a Cross-Fit Games regional competitor and top 20 finisher in the Fittest … Read More
Somerville company hopes prosthetic technology will be a ‘game-changer’ for amputees
With about 30 minutes of training, a user can start to achieve movements that are very similar to those of a non-amputee, just by thinking about them, according to BrainCo. By: Bob DumasUpdated: January 21, 2020 – 7:59 AM SOMERVILLE, Mass. … Read More
What is Focus?
We’ve got a lot going on. Every minute of our waking lives, we’re bombarded with an overwhelming array of inputs from all around us. Our senses take in sights, sounds, smells and sensations on our skin. Our brains are packed … Read More
Mind-reading technology lets you control tech with your brain — and it actually works
PUBLISHED FRI, JAN 10 20203:04 PM ESTUPDATED FRI, JAN 10 20205:34 PM EST Julia Boorstin@JBOORSTIN LAS VEGAS — It’s not the self-driving cars, flying cars or even the dish-washing robots that stick out as the most transformative innovation at this … Read More
Top Tech of CES 2020-Overall Winner
By Luke Dormehl January 9, 2020 12:56PM PST This story is part of our continuing coverage of CES 2020, including tech and gadgets from the showroom floor. There are some moments you just know that you’re staring the future in the face. The … Read More
A More Life like Prosthetic
BrainRobotics AI Prosthetic Hand https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2019/5733081/brainrobotics-ai-prosthetic-hand/ The BrainRobotics prosthetic hand is a first in its field: an intuitive AI-powered hand that allows the user to make unlimited gestures and grips. Unlike other prosthetic hands that came before it, this one employs an algorithm … Read More