Technology

The Radical Idea of Avoiding Sickness

Leroy Hood, pioneer of systems biology, is trying to upend medicine with a service that tests everything about you.

By David Ewing Duncan

Your Guide to Getting Sequenced

A handy chart for sorting out many of the options in DNA analysis.

By stg-neolife-staging.kinsta.cloud

Kill Time in Traffic by Diagnosing Cancer

Lou Auguste harnesses robotics and software to amp up remote medicine.

By Jessica Leber

23-Year-Old VC Bets on Lengthening Health Span

MIT dropout Laura Deming is on the hunt for causes of disease and mechanisms for quashing it.

By Jessica Leber

Can Hackers Save This Man’s Hearing and Eyesight?

A genetic hackathon becomes a treasure hunt.

By Grace Rubenstein

Checking in on the Quantified Self at 10

They’ve been ahead of the curve on personal health tracking and citizen science. What will their doctors and the rest of us learn from their data addiction?

By Jane Metcalfe

Happiness, 3-D Printed

An industrial designer takes data visualization to a sculptural dimension.

By stg-neolife-staging.kinsta.cloud

The Gadget that Makes DNA Sequencing Child’s Play

The MinION cracks open biotech to the masses the way the PC democratized computing. What will we do with this newfound power?

By Dr. Sophie Zaaijer

For a Brain-Computer Interface to Work, Are Holograms the Only Hope?

Hardware visionary Mary Lou Jepsen’s next act is to read your mind—no implants required.

By Kristen V. Brown

Neurotribe Finds Promised Land

Ultra Testing shows that autism in the workplace can be a feature, not a bug.

By Amanda Schaffer

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