Virtual Reality Aids Cancer Patients [video]

Virtual Reality Aids Cancer Patients [video]

Modern medicine works miracles. Diseases that used to kill thousands and thousands of people every year have all but disappeared from the planet. Other diseases that used to be a certain death sentence now can be cured, or at least their progress can be slowed. Cancer...
Stress Monitor Detects Seizures

Stress Monitor Detects Seizures

In many ways, humans are electrical beings. From nerve impulses to changes in the conductivity of our skin and other body parts, electrical charges play a major role in many of our essential functions. Empatica is a company in Cambridge, MA, that is trying to harness...
Virtual Reality as a Therapy Tool [video]

Virtual Reality as a Therapy Tool [video]

  If you want to conquer your fears, you must confront them. That’s the concept behind many treatments for people with phobias. Psychotherapists will introduce them to settings that might trigger their reaction, and slowly increase the exposure as the...