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Several companies produce sports eyewear that provides data, including speed and altitude, heart rate and time per mile, but critics say the devices create a distraction that could be dangerous.

An artificially intelligent, wearable robot enables paraplegics to stand upright and walk.

Scientists in Tanzania turned an iPhone into an amateur microscope to check schoolchildren for intestinal worms.

A paralyzed woman has been able to feed herself chocolate and move everyday items using a robotic arm directly controlled by thought, showing a level of agility and control approaching that of a human limb.

Zac Vawter considers himself a test pilot. After losing his right leg in a motorcycle accident, the 31-year-old software engineer signed up to become a research subject, helping to test a trailblazing prosthetic leg that's controlled by his thoughts.

Scientists reported Thursday that they succeeded in creating tiny medical devices sealed in silk cocoons that did the work they were designed for, then dissolved in the bodies of lab mice. It's an early step in a technology that may hold promise not only for medicine but also for disposal of electronic waste.

People using electronic cigarettes, called "vaping," say the gadgets help them quit smoking. Critics call that a smokescreen for the risks.

High-tech sensors are everywhere. They alert us to spoiled food. They monitor our stress levels. And they’re blowing up in the health and fitness space, too, helping us track our key sleep and activity metrics. And now we have the Philips ErgoSensor Monitor, a desktop display that keeps an eye on one’s posture.

Ten months after becoming the first person to get a full face transplant in the U.S., a man marvels at recovering the ability of expression.