Boing Boing Gadgets Abbott Labs kills free tool that lets you own the blood-sugar data from your glucose monitor, saying it violates copyright law Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The Bleeding Edge: a terrifying, enraging look at the corrupt, deadly world of medical implants Cory Doctorow

security Insecure medical implant company Medtronic finally plugs one of its worst vulnerabilities Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Medical implants and hospital systems are still infosec dumpster-fires Cory Doctorow

3d printing Fixing a person's broken heart thanks to a 3D-printed replica of their real one David Pescovitz

musk Neuralink's hygiene practices called into question Jason Weisberger

tabloids Disney's "dirty secrets exposed" in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

medicine Bionic eye company going out of business, leaving patients "in the dark" Rob Beschizza

Technology This entire living room is a wireless charger David Pescovitz

3d printing Scientists have found a potential new method for 3D printing bones directly inside of human bodies Thom Dunn

military France receives official go-ahead to build a legion of bionic super soldiers Thom Dunn

Stimulating the tongue with electricity reduces tinnitus Mark Frauenfelder

pharma A new drug claims to treat dwarfism. Not everyone thinks it needs treatment. Thom Dunn

A woman's breast implant deflected a bullet, saving her life David Pescovitz

crime A woman's stalker compromised her car's app, giving him the ability to track and immobilize it Cory Doctorow

security Wireless vulns in Medtronic's implanted defibrillators allow remote shocks, shutdown, denial-of-service battery attacks and data theft Cory Doctorow

lawful interception A finance industry group is pushing an intentionally broken cryptography "standard" called ETS Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Bad infrastructure means pacemakers can be compromised before they leave the factory Cory Doctorow

happy mutants A vital guide to the Canadian encryption debate Cory Doctorow

security People with implanted neurostimulators are vulnerable to wireless attacks Cory Doctorow