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Hacking the Human OS
SPECIAL REPORT Medicine has always sought to understand the human body's operating system.
Now, with biometric sensors and big-data analytics, we're learning how to fix the bugs P. 31
Part 1: Reading the Code
P. 32
34 Giving Your Body a "Check
Engine" Light
Sensors that cling to the skin like
temporary tattoos unobtrusively
gather biomedical data.
By Tekla S. Perry
37 Can Technology Change
Behavior?
Q&a wiTh B.J. Fogg
40 Diabetes Has a New Enemy:
Robo-Pancreas
The 50-year quest for a robotic pancreas
is finally showing results.
By PhiliP e. roSS
Part 2: Analyzing the Code
P. 50
52 Tech Giants Bet on Biometrics
Part 3: Changing the Code
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70 Microbots on a Fantastic Voyage
Apple, Google, and Microsoft want to have
their hands on your pulse.
By lee gomeS
Engineers take medical robots to the limits of
size and function.
By rachel courTland
55 Is Privacy Overrated?
72 Infographic: The Ultimate
Cyborg Patient
56 100,000 People,
250 Biomarkers, and
the Quest for Good Health
74 Will Bionic Bodies Get Hacked?
Q&a wiTh kári STeFánSSon
Q&a wiTh kevin Fu
Watching healthy people age and sicken
could reveal the secrets of disease.
By ariel Bleicher
58 Their Prescription: Big Data
76 Dr. Watson Will See You...
Someday
IBM's impressive accomplishments in
artificial intelligence might eventually
transform medicine.
By Brandon keim
Q&a wiTh eric ToPol
Faced with a cancer diagnosis, a tech-savvy
couple embraced the new tools of precision
medicine.
By eliza STrickland
44 Infographic: The Quantified
Olympian
60 Should You Get Paid for
Your Data?
Q&a wiTh leSlie Saxon
We can hack the brain through a
nerve in the neck to treat epilepsy, heart
failure, stroke, arthritis, and half a dozen
other ailments.
By Samuel k. moore
46 The Race to Build a Real-Life
Tricorder
62 Computer Modelers vs. Ebola
81 Infographic: The Nerve of You
43 Can Health Care Be
Democratized?
A US $10 million prize aims to turn a sci-fi
device into real technology.
By evan ackerman
48 Infographic: Tricorder Stand-In:
Your Smartphone
78 Follow the Wandering Nerve
The 2014 outbreak gave real-time epidemic
modeling a tough tryout.
By david Brown
67 Will Our Data Drown Us?
Q&a wiTh ThereSa macPhail
On the Cover and Above Photo-illustrations for IEEE Spectrum by Dan Saelinger
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