https://www.ispeech.org MarketWatch | Source URL Ditching credit cards for facial recognition will remove the last physical barrier between our bodies and Corporate America Aram Sinnreich recently went grocery shopping at a Whole Foods Market in his hometown of Washington, D.C., and realized he had left his wallet at home. He […]
Scientists Getting Closer to “Smart Dust” Brain Implants That Communicate Via Wireless Network
text to speech Nicholas West | Activist Post | Source URL Neural Dust – “Smart Dust” – previously entered mainstream discussion via the 2016 Independent article: “Tiny implant could connect humans and machines like never before.” It was implied to be a new technology that can wirelessly link a human […]
Harvard Just Gene-Hacked Stem Cells Inside a Living Organism
iSpeech Futurism | Source URL No-Hassle Editing For the first time, scientists gene-hacked an animal’s stem cells — without removing them. Normally, altering a stem cell with CRISPR requires extracting it, keeping it alive in a lab setting, and hoping that the edit takes after re-inserting it into the body. […]
A medical device company is surgically implanting an unapproved ‘pellet’ in prisoners as part of a ‘pilot program’ to treat addiction
iSpeech Natalie Rahhal | The Daily Mail | Source URL A Louisiana prisoner has been implanted with an unapproved ‘pellet’ to treat addiction. The inmate is soon to be released from a Louisiana Department of Corrections (DOC) facility and is the first of 10 patients that California-based BioCorRx intends to place […]
Researchers develop a new type of nano computer chip that uses transistors made from AIR
TTSNatural News | Source URL Transistor technology got a much-needed speed upgrade thanks to Australian researchers. Their experimental nano-sized computer chip doesn’t have any silicon in it. Instead, the space normally occupied by semiconductor material is left open to air. Electrons that go through those air gaps move much faster than they […]
Hong Kong researchers develop transformable nano-robots to perform medical tasks
Convert Text to Speech Xinhua | Source URL HONG KONG, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) — Researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong developed a new way of controlling nano-robots, making them capable of doing complex tasks in minimally invasive surgeries, the finding was announced here Thursday. Led by Zhang Li, […]
New 3D-printed device could help treat spinal cord injuries
iSpeech.org Medical xPress | Source URL Engineers and medical researchers at the University of Minnesota have teamed up to create a groundbreaking 3-D-printed device that could someday help patients with long-term spinal cord injuries regain some function. A 3-D-printed guide, made of silicone, serves as a platform for specialized cells that […]
New nanoparticles help detect deep-tissue cancers
iSpeech.org Phys.org | Source URL Researchers have developed a new form of nanoparticle and associated imaging technique that can detect multiple disease biomarkers, including those for breast cancer, found in deep-tissue in the body. Reported in the science journal Nature Nanotechnology, the research opens up a new avenue in minimally invasive […]
Cell-sized robots can sense their environment
https://www.ispeech.org/text.to.speech David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | Source URL Researchers at MIT have created what may be the smallest robots yet that can sense their environment, store data, and even carry out computational tasks. These devices, which are about the size of a human egg cell, consist of […]