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“Pillo,” the Drug Dispensing Robot Who Recognizes You
Pillo Robot
This may be the first “male” personal robot. “Pillo” (from Pillo, Inc., New York, NY) uses facial and voice [MORE]
Artificial Bioenzymes
Artificial Metalloenzyme
The noble metal indium, with its 49 electrons, is not found in living systems and thus assumed not to [MORE]
Wireless Heart Pump Has No Contact with Blood
EPFL-Wireless Heart Pump
Undesirable effects of both artificial hearts and left ventricular assist devices are damage done to red blood cells [MORE]
Alternating Current Stimulation for Glaucoma-Induced Partial Blindness
End Stage Glaucoma
In a clinical trial involving 45 people with vision loss due to glaucoma or anterior ischemic optical neuropathy, [MORE]
Proofreading RNA
RNA Making DNA Copies in a Droplet of Water
In the evolution of life on Earth, reverse transcriptase played a leading [MORE]
Drug Delivery via Micro-Rockets
There is a lot of technology in this title: “Reactive Inkjet Printing of Biocompatible Enzyme Powered Silk Micro-Rockets.” What it [MORE]
The Genome Data Commons
Data Entry
As the end of June, the National Cancer Institute announced its partnering with Foundation Medicine, Inc. to expand the [MORE]