Stevie’s Science Tidbits - Archive
2/08 - 2/14
- Robot doctors join the fight against breast cancer
Stevie: Breast-cancer removing robots. Wow.
- Mind reading gets closer to real thanks to Canadian scientists
Stevie: Hmm. I don’t think that necessarily means we can read minds….
- Laser-bonded healing could replace needle and thread
Stevie: o my gosh. This is awesome.
- Tattoo-like nanosensor could monitor glucose levels, enhance your cool factor
Stevie: So, I’m learning about glucose sensors right now in class.
2/01 - 2/07
- Rice University rolls out new and improved “nanocar”
Stevie: Nanocar. sounds like a video game. :D
1/25 - 1/31
- Molecular projector scatters the world’s smallest letters
Stevie: And you thought you wrote small….
1/11 - 1/17
- IBM concocts microscope with ultra-fine resolution, current MRI bows down
Stevie: Always wondered what a protein looked like.
12/21 - 12/27
- Cellphone hacked to analyze blood, detect diseases on the spot
Stevie: Camera, mp3 player, text messaging, GPS….oh yea, blood testing.
- Ultraportable ultrasound machine paves the way for wacky ultrasound pranks
- New nanotechnology augments vision, optic blasts not included
Stevie: Injecting into your eye!?!?!?!
12/14 - 12/20
- Lumicure claims to be making progress in using OLEDs to treat skin cancer
Stevie: Cancer bandaids. Enough said.
11/30 - 12/06
- MSU’s Winboni robot cleans windows, wins awards
Stevie: Can you say pre-order?
11/23 - 11/29
- Nanotech polyester fabric never gets wet, brings back the leisure suit in a big way
Stevie: Self-cleaning? Enough said.
- Urine recycling equipment passes tests, no one willing to take the first sip
Stevie: Hmm. I think the title says it all.
11/09 - 11/15
- Mini nuclear plant is safe, affordable and purifies water (but doesn’t turn lead into gold)
Stevie: Oh man I’ve been waiting to get one of these!
- Philips iPill — it’s like a regular pill, but with a microprocessor
Stevie: Like we didn’t have enough remote-controlled pills…
- Keiko the robot patient helps train a new generation of robot doctors
Stevie: Yes! Now we’re no longer guinea pigs for those med school students.
- Plasma Plant turns your old junk into electricity, which can then be used to create more junk
Stevie: Great! But will it smell?
- DARPA teams up with Arteriocyte to create ominous-sounding blood pharming machine for the military
Stevie: Blood doesn’t grow on trees….-_-
10/26 - 11/01
- Electronic nose boasts “snoot full of sensory neurons”
Stevie: Circuits can now smell. Congratulations.
- JHU researchers create self-assembling organic wires
Stevie: I wish i had self-assembling hair…
- NanoVibronix cleared to market ultrasonic painkiller PainShield MD
Stevie: Ooh I wonder if Rite-Aid will have some…
10/19 - 10/25
- Korean tech makes hydrogen up to 30 times cheaper to produce — clean energy solved?
Stevie: Yes! now i can buy 30 hydrogens for the price of one. :D
- German scientists think LEDs are the new Botox
Stevie: Alright. Dewrinkling at home. Who’s down?
10/12 - 10/18
- Black silicon is poised to improve digital imaging, maybe solar panels
Stevie: “…improvements in medical imaging…” See? It’s related to bioengineering.
10/05 - 10/11
- Researchers say “spin Seebeck effect” could lead to new batteries, storage
Stevie: Wow I totally just learned about this in BENG 101. School really does work :D
- Brains-on with NeuroSky and Square Enix’s Judecca mind-control game
Stevie: Can’t wait till this technology reaches schools. Then we won’t even need to write. We can just think :D
- New solar generator system from Solyndra is totally tubular
Stevie: This is such a simple idea. Why didn’t anyone think about it before? Ooh the expo is in SD.
9/28 - 10/04
- Engineers pave way to ‘artificial nose’
Stevie: Yay!
8/30 - 9/06
- Swallowable microgrippers could make surgery more / less invasive
Stevie: Could you pass me the water I have to swallow my surgery bots?
8/24 - 8/30
- French doctors use laser to destroy brain tumor in conscious patient
Stevie: Lasers. In your brain.
8/17 - 8/23
- Colorizing technology highlights cancerous tissue
Stevie: So easy a child could do it! Ok…maybe not.
- Researchers aim to detect skin cancer via scent
Stevie: Do you smell that? It’s cancer.
8/10 - 8/16
- Nano-solution could clean water in developing nations
Stevie: Imagine showering with this self-cleaning water…
- Japanese researchers craft “e-skin†to let robots feel
Stevie: One step closer to not worrying about losing our limbs (because we can replace them :D)
- Researchers create light bending material for invisibility cloak
Stevie: I hope they invent wands next!
- UK researchers give robot a “biological brainâ€
Stevie: Aww…poor rat fetus. Oh well, it’s in the name of science :D
8/03 - 8/09
- Spanish scientists develop “electronic tongue” that can taste wine for quality, drifter appeal
Stevie: Great. Now we can tell the bad-tasting wines from the good. Wait, they all kind of taste bad, to me at least :D
- Glaucoma monitoring contact lenses crafted at UC Davis
Stevie: Is that really a contact?
- Carnegie Mellon brings adhesive arms to the burgeoning pillbot scene
Stevie: Who wants to be the first to swallow one of these? :D
- Dutch town looks to cut pollution with air-purifying concrete
Stevie: Hmm…talk about thinking outside of the box.
7/27 - 8/02
- Heart Robot loves to be hugged, express emotions
Stevie: Emotions? Check. Facial expressions? Check. A bit disturbing? You betcha. Well, I guess that last part’s up for debate :D
- Microscopic microscope could fit on cellphones, cost just $10
Stevie: A microscopic microscope! Hehe.
- Video: ReWalk exoskeleton helps paraplegics walk
- Anton the robotic tongue has saved you from electrode doom
Stevie: Who knew they made artificial tongues?
7/06 - 7/12
- Artificial kidney enables “dialysis-on-the-go”
- Microwave ray gun promises to put sounds in people’s heads
6/29 - 7/5
- 3D mammograms increase breast cancer detection by 23 percent
- Shape-shifting, organ-probing chembots coming soon
6/22 - 6/28
- Robotic Copycat Arm promises to taunt you with ease
- Laser headband for Alzheimer’s patients, and for really cool people
- Sweety stress reliever hears you out, won’t complain if you batter it
6/08 - 6/14
- Silicon wafer directs and filters out cancer cells
- Super-strong nanopaper is seven times stronger, 1,000 times smaller
- Northrop Grumman lands contract to develop threat-sensing binoculars
6/01 - 6/07
- Japanese scientists craft planet’s smallest ramen bowl
- Duke micro-bots learning to dance, probe cellular architectures
5/25 - 5/31
- Sony unveils 0.3mm thick OLED display
Stevie: Ok, so technically, this isn’t bioengineering, but they are OLED’s (organic LEDs) so it’s related, right? Anyway, it’s crazy!!! 0.3 mm!!! Tell your friends!
5/11 - 5/17
- Nanosoccer at 2008 US RoboCup Open promises to be a real riot
Stevie: Nanosoccer!!! ’nuff said :D
