iPads help jog memory, train brains at retirement center
> A retirement center in Florida says an iPad pilot program started in July is helping keep residents young at heart. > The iPad?'s large touch screen and light weight are helping healthy residents socialize more as they play with puzzles and games and it's been…
Bionic Men and Women
It's fair to say that I watched the [NewsHour's feature on prosthetic devices](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/jan-june11/bionicbodies_06-28.html) in rapt attention. I'm at the low end of devices and often laugh at myself as the $6,000 Man,…
Interfacing your brain with computers
> What's the Most Recent Development? Renowned scientist and professor of neurology at Brown University, John Donoghue has made incredible advances in interfacing the human brain with computers, allowing paralyzed people to move objects by simply using their imagination. A small chip implanted in the brain picks up…
One Hundred Names for Love
> Writer Diane Ackerman's husband was a novelist, a poet and a lover of language before he suffered a massive stroke. It left him able to utter only a single syllable. The story of how his wife helped him rediscover language and how their love changed. > When…
Dejan Lazic
[View the story "Dejan Lazic" on Storify [//storify.com/schultzmt/dejan-lazic-played-the-second-recital-of-the-year-]]…
Ran Dank plays Kennedy Center
WPAS began its Hayes Piano Series for the season with a recital by Ran Dank. Here's a view from Twitter and YouTube. [View the story "Ran Dank, revisited" on Storify [//storify.com/schultzmt/ran-dank-revisited]]…
More of that bionic stuff
> Q. WHAT EXACTLY IS BRAINGATE? > A. It's a way for people who've been paralyzed by strokes, spinal cord injuries or A.L.S. to connect their brains to the outside world. The system uses a tiny sensor that's been implanted into the…