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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Science

Scientists Develop Micro Microscope: Fits on a Chip, Costs US$10

6:58PM Kit Eaton | There’s been a bit of a rush of pocket/USB digital microscopes recently, but none can hold a candle to this development from the clever chaps at Caltech. They’ve done a neat bit of thinking and redesigned how microscopes work: their new optofluidic microscope combines microfluidics and standard chip design, and floats samples over a pinhole-camera-like detector. More »
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Science

Scientists Working on Matrix-esque Brain-Computer Interface

10:20PM Gizmodo US Edition | A team at Caltech is working on a MEMS-based robot probe that will be able to slowly creep electrodes into your brain to connect up to specific neurons. Creepy indeed, but with potential uses for advanced control of prosthetic limbs, Luke Skywalker-style. But the idea has greater potential for “state-of-the-art experimental techniques for electrophysiology.” according to team-leader Michael Wolf. And that’s just got me picturing the neural probes of The Matrix. More »
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