A direct look at the new future
Key idea: This highly innovative "nano-robot" should enable closer study of the mechanical forces applied at microscopic levels, which are crucial for many biological and pathological processes Original author and publication date: INSERM (Institut National…
Key idea: "We can imagine tiny robotic vessels that go inside the body and swim around under the control of doctors who diagnose patients from the inside, and even perform surgical tasks." Original author and…
Futurizonte Editor's Note: This is truly a "cool" idea: a personal thermostat to help you to regulate your body temperature. Credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of EngineeringPrototype of the cooling and heating patch…
Futurizonte Editor's Note: If Dr. Stephen Hsu, senior vice president at Michigan State University , is correct, we will soon be able to cure many diseases faster than ever before and at significantly lower costs.…
Futurizonte Editor's Note: Should we be happy that the scientist now know where our brain makes decisions, or should we be concerned (and humbled) that the research done on mice brains applies to our human…
Futurizonte Editor's Note: Please, read carefully: CRISPR technology "has the potential to transform medicine by permanently editing disease-associated genes in the human body" (emphasis added.) Original writer and publication date: Brian Wang - May 7,…
Futurizonte Editor's Note: Don't worry! According to the article, monkeys with the human brain gene "did not show much difference in their general behavior" But, what that really means? That perhaps we are not as…
Futurizonte Editor's Note: Call it "brain recordings", if you want. That's fine. But, do we really understand what this new technology does and what an upgrade version of this technology can eventually do? It was…
Futurizonte Editor's Note: As the article says, mice, fruit flies, and octopuses are of interest for CRISPR purposes only because they are a prelude to human gene editing. CRISPR gene editing is being used…
Futurizonte Editor's Note: Living machines... Is that really a new concept? Perhaps that's what we are. Perhaps that's what the Golem and the monster created by Dr. Frankenstein were. What are we really creating now?…