November/December 2015

The Present and Future of Low-Cost Diagnostics
Author(s)3: Mary Bates
The Present and Future of Low-Cost Diagnostics 618 372 IEEE Pulse

Imagine you’re in a rural health clinic in a Kenyan village. A child comes in with a fever. It could be any one of a number of life-threatening infectious diseases.…

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The Portable Eye Examination Kit
Author(s)3: Mario Ettore Giardini
The Portable Eye Examination Kit 618 372 IEEE Pulse

In 2010, the World Health Organization estimated that 285 million people exhibit some form of vision impairment. Of these, almost 40 million people are functionally blind [1]. Yet, 80% of…

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It’s All in the Eyes
Author(s)3: Shannon Fischer
It’s All in the Eyes 618 372 IEEE Pulse

In a blog post in January 2014, Google unveiled one of its latest forays into the health market—a smart contact lens for diabetics. It was sleek and appealingly futuristic, with…

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Baby, Where Did You Get Those Eyes?
Author(s)3: Sarah Campbell
Baby, Where Did You Get Those Eyes? 618 372 IEEE Pulse

Mark Sagar. Mark Sagar is changing the way we look at computers by giving them faces—disconcertingly realistic human faces. Sagar first gained widespread recognition for his pioneering work in rendering…

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Technology: Toward Research in Biology
Author(s)3: Paul King
Technology: Toward Research in Biology 150 150 IEEE Pulse

From X-Rays to DNA: How Engineering Drives Biology Edited by W. David Lee, MIT Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-262-01977-4. xii + 233 pages, US$30. This text, primarily authored by W. David Lee,…

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