A few days ago, the Wall Street Journal held an event called the "Tech Health Conference." During the event, one reporter had a question for the head of Google's "Health Division," a man called David ...

A laboratory in Pittsburgh’s Bakery Square is poised to make the next breakthrough in wheelchairs, a mostly stagnant industry with huge quality of life implications for millions of disabled Americans.

Bruno Bowden, a programmer-turned-angel-investor, doesn't have the answers, but he does want to start talking about these questions now, before the technology arrives in full force. "This is a very ...

Boston College will begin recruiting the first class for its highly anticipated Human-Centered Engineering program, a major that will integrate BC’s core liberal arts focus and a rigorous engineering ...

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly pictured in the Cupola of the International Space Station in 2010. Credit: NASA Johnson/Flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0 The next ambitious goal for space flight is to send a human to ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — How do you ensure Soldiers of different heights and body types can both reach all the needed instruments in a cockpit to safely fly a helicopter? That’s where human factors ...