Mar 28
Medical technology has grown by leaps and bounds, so much so that a lady recently received a 3D printed skull implant. Well, implants are nice and good, so how else are they able to help humanity out? Take this unique brain implant for instance – researchers over at the A*Star Institute of Microelectronics in Singapore have managed to come up with a neural probe array that is so tiny, it will remain within one’s brain on a long-term basis without causing any damage to the surrounding delicate tissue.
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“Date rape” drugs have gained notoriety for being difficult to detect, so it pays dividends to be extra careful when you go out for some drinks with newfound friends. Who knows what are the kind of stuff that they put in your drink when you go to the toilet for a break? GHB, one of the most commonly-used of such drugs, happens to be colorless as well as odorless, making it extremely difficult to detect. Thanks to a team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS), they have come up with a fluorescent sensor which will change the color of your GHB-infused drink in half a minute when mixed.
I know that there are crash test dummies when it comes to testing out the safety of a production vehicle, but what happens when it comes to toxicity tests for humans? Certainly it would cross all boundaries to wilfully administer toxic stuff to an unknowing human test subject, so why not settle for a “human desktop” instead? This is what the ATHENA (Advanced Tissue-engineered Human Ectypal Network Analyzer) project is all about, where it is a smaller version of a human body that sits comfortably on a desk.
I am quite sure that the regular battery is not on anyone’s list of foods, and it would most probably cause you an acute case of poisoning should you actually opt to eat a battery. However, when it comes to an entirely new range of in vivo electronics that claims to be able to offer healing from within, it is worth sitting up to take notice. Materials scientist John Rogers has come up with a biodegradable, ingestible battery that might just be able to deliver healing from within.
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There is a very good reason why there is a “use by” date on our food and drinks – simply because food can turn bad, and that would not be too good for your tummy then. However, we humans love to be more efficient in the way we do things, which is why it is interesting to see how much more passive things can get with this new color coded tag that was developed by researchers that can be placed on food and beverage containers in order to determine as to whether the products within are spoiled, or can still be consumed.
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