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Improved Rounding Robot

ER Doctor Connects via "rp-vita1"
Telemedicine provider, InTouch (Santa Barbara, CA), and robot manufacturer, iRobot (Bedford, MA) have [MORE]

First Artificial Immune System, Entirely of Human Components

Infant mortality worldwide would take a nose dive if neonates could be vaccinated at birth.  But vaccine testing is [MORE]

Rapid Self-Healing Hydrogels

Jello-Like Hydrogels
See the video in this piece; it describes how bioengineers at the University of California San Diego developed hydrogels [MORE]

DNA “Origami”

DNA Robot
DNA’s ability to fold tightly probably explains why it survived in the primordial soup that covered the Earth before [MORE]

Monitoring Vital Signs Through Walls

EPIC
“EPIC” is the acronym Plessey Semiconductors (Plymouth, UK) has given to its electric potential integrated circuit system which monitors [MORE]

Ultrasound Bone Healing

Angus Maclean, Orthopedic Surgeon
The now familiar ultrasound image of a baby in the womb derives from research Dr. Ian [MORE]

Haptic Device for Movement Assist

At last month’s Human Computer Interaction Conference in Orlando, FL, research psychologist Dr. Linda R. Elliott reported on a [MORE]

Artificial Touch

Fiberoptic Neurophotonics
Under a $5.6m DARPA grant, researchers at Southern Methodist University’s Neurophotonics Research Center are developing fiber optic threads [MORE]