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alt="http://hfdigest.com/wp-content/gallery/pics/robomed2.jpg" 7 tesla MRI at Vanderbilt; Faster Lab-on-a-Chip; Holodiagnosis; Laser Cancer Detector; Physiome Project; X-Ray Laser 7 tesla MRI at Vanderbilt www.tennessean.com/education/archives/05/01/66118686.shtml?Element_ID=66118686 Vanderbilt University is acquiring a 7-tesla MRI. The magnet costs about US$7 million and the building to house it US$19.7million. It will be used on laboratory animals, primarily in brain research aimed at analyzing […]
Molecular Scales; Cell Watchers; Cell Phone Fuel Cell; Molecular Scales www.physorg.com/news3533.html Kilo and mega are history. We’re almost out of gigas, and bracing for a reign of tera. But the tera will not last — supercomputing dudes are already shifting allegiance to peta, and where they go, we follow. On the other side of the […]
Remixing: From Consumers to Producers The recent Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego revealed “an increasingly commonplace process: people using cheap and accessible digital tools to ‘remix’ the world around them,” said a Newsweek reporter. “It used to be that when you wanted something, you went and made it. Then we turned into a bunch […]
With this issue we introduce a simpler but, we hope, no less useful format for the Digest. Instead of individual digests of news articles, links to the source articles, and a meta-digest with commentary, we instead present the meta-digest/commentary and links to the original source articles. Let us know what you think. Digest readers know […]
Another new lifeform — a “biobot” made of silicon and animal cells — has been created. * * * Like South Korea, Japan is starting to get serious about networked robotics. * * * Chemically-powered artificial muscle that works more like natural muscle than current electrically-powered artificial muscle is under development for the US military. […]
A polymer-based therapy for spinal cord injuries may be ready for market in about five years. It is an interesting and less controversial potential alternative to stem cell therapies for spinal cord injuries. Another is a silicon neural net intended to augment the natural networks of neurons in the spinal cord that control walking. The […]
Our growing ability to detect elements at nanoscale is timely, given concerns over the health effects of nanomaterials. The US government is funding several projects to research the those effects, though critics say it is not enough given the dangers. * * * A cancer patient who was one of only a small percentage of […]
Imaging down to the molecular and even the atomic level has been much in the news lately. For instance, a new MRI can detect atoms of various elements in the brain. It will help in the early diagnosis of brain disorders and in measuring the effect of drugs used to treat the conditions. There’s also […]
An IBM-led public grid project to analyze masses of proteomics data could accelerate the search for cures to major diseases. Three smart and progressive US states are also acting to tap the potential of grid supercomputing, to boost research, jobs, and the economies of their states. Other computing/telecom news: The US National Institutes of Health […]
“Robosapien,” the best-selling toy this past Christmas, is already obsolete, barely a month after millions of parents bought it for their children. The robot’s maker has announced an enhanced model to be in stores in February. Consumer groups are angry, as if the manufacturer had sold the original product in bad faith. Yet rapid obsolescence […]
