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The Future of Medicine

March 2012 is our Future of Medicine issue. Here are the stories:

  • No Pulse

    How doctors reinvented the human heart by Dan Baum

  • By the Numbers: Flu Season, Visualized

    Tracking the rise and fall of flu season with Google by Katie Peek and Ryan Bradley

  • The $1,000 Genome

    The new medical problem: having too much information by Jen Abbasi

  • The Virus Station

    A field lab for finding a deadly disease by Ryan Bradley

  • New Tubes

    Redesigning the toilet to produce water, fertilizer and energy by Lana Birbrair

  • Brain Pain

    Will doctors ever cure migraines?

  • Terminator Vision

    "We are incorporating optical displays, radios, and computer chips into contact lenses" by Babak Parviz, electrical engineer at the University of Washington, as told to Flora Lichtman

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June 2012: Invent Your Own Anything

The 6th annual Invention Awards are here, from an inflatable tourniquet to a better lobster trap to spring-loaded hocket skates. This issue is all about the celebration of invention.

Plus: Making synthetic biology breakthroughs in a garage, building a constantly-moving ping-pong table, and a ridiculously overpowered barbecue.

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