How This Bioengineer Linked a Human Brain to the Internet

Before meeting Adam Pantanowitz in a ritzy alcove of Johannesburg, my brain is buzzing — and for good reason. At 33, the Wits University lecturer has designed an interface that connects the human brain to the internet. I’m thinking: Why would you do that, unless you’re an evil genius in a sci-fi movie? Only Pantanowitz’s […]

The Bioengineer Trying to Predict and Prevent Concussions

Bioengineer David Camarillo has suffered his fair share of blows to the head. The worst happened two years ago while biking across a San Francisco intersection. He passed in front of a car that had slowed to a near stop. Suddenly, the car accelerated, crashing into him. Camarillo’s memory of the collision itself remains murky, […]