Most people who are quadriplegics use sip-and-puff wheelchairs; they blow or suck into a straw to direct their chairs. But movement is limited to left, right, forward, and backward. New technology ...

Key to this wireless system: Users get their tongue pierced with a magnetic stud that resembles jewellery and acts like a joystick. In new research 11 people paralysed from the neck down rapidly ...

Reveals the problems experienced by individuals who undergo tongue piercing. Shows the working practices of tongue piercers. Suggests that dental trauma is a long-term consequence of wearing tongue ...

Mark this one down as a parental nightmare. First, your child gets her tongue pierced. Then, as if you needed something else, she starts “playing” with the tiny barbell-shaped stud, pushing it against ...