Ulysses and Oculus Rift

via BuzzFeed [http://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/an-interactive-ulysses-for-the-oculus-rift-is-an-awesome-ide] Awfully cool idea, but I don't care enough about Ulysses to back the project. Makes me wonder what the reading experience will become.…

Opera on Glass

It happened. More posts if I find them. > #Glassingtonians [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Glassingtonians?src=hash] sitting on the lawn, prepped and ready to see supertitles through their Google Glass during Carmen! pic.twitter.com/GWWp6NkVVU [http://t.co/GWWp6NkVVU] — Wolf Trap (@Wolf_Trap) July 26, 2014 [https://twitter.…

Beddit

> A lot of us suck at sleep. But exactly how do we suck at it? Do we toss and turn a lot? Snore? Are we roused by outside noises? Well, the new Misfit Beddit Sleep System promises to answer those questions. > from a review of the new Beddit…

High-tech, lightweight casting

> Too sexy for your finger splint? Here come fabulous, functional medical accessories: http://t.co/tXq0iLCvri pic.twitter.com/uveAeDh7L0 [http://t.co/uveAeDh7L0] — Fast Company (@FastCompany) July 9, 2014 [https://twitter.com/FastCompany/statuses/486857335080775680] Also reported by The Verge [http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/18/5628818/…

Supertitles on Handhelds?

> Wolf Trap to unveil smartphone and Google Glass supertitles for opera performances ... http://t.co/S8XU8HDCqI via @washingtonpost [https://twitter.com/washingtonpost] — Daniel Pink (@DanielPink) July 3, 2014 [https://twitter.com/DanielPink/statuses/484681970991894528] I've got to * find out more about this * find out if tickets are…

Neurobridge

Scinerds reports a "a breakthough technology that empowers paralyzed people to regain conscious control of their fingers, hands, wrists, and arms. Neurobridge bypasses damaged areas of the nervous system so the brain can communicate directly with the muscles" [http://scinerds.tumblr.com/post/89864588947/neurosciencestuff-new-device-allows-brain-to?utm_campaign=SharedPost&…

New Diagnostic Tool

This sounds big to me. > Microwave Helmet Could Diagnose Strokes As Patients Ride To Hospital http://t.co/LHZCBPBkqL — NPR Health News (@NPRHealth) June 16, 2014 [https://twitter.com/NPRHealth/statuses/478592362801664000]…

DEKA

Gizmodo reports that Dean Kamen's DEKA arm has been approved by the FDA for sale to the public [http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/FN5JgQ_jI2g/fda-approves-first-prosthetic-arm-controlled-by-muscle-1574530219] . There's much older video available that gives an idea of what installing this arm entails [http://gizmodo.…