Bioengineers Develop Biofunction Generator and Bioscilloscope
Bioengineers have developed a new optogenetic platform that's bridging the gap between life and technology.
A Fish Inspires Automated Interference Mitigation for Communication Systems
Researchers at the University of Georgia College of Engineering have received a provisional patent for a new method for eliminating interference in wireless networks. Their technique mimics a natural system tha... Read More...
Electromechanical Switches Made From DNA
Biology is inspiring several exciting breakthroughs in electronics. We recently reported that Columbia University engineers developed a chip that is powered by ATP, the molecule that is responsible for energy i... Read More...
Biologically-Powered Chips Could Lead to Gadgets that can Taste and Smell
A figure from the research study: (a) Illustration depicting biocell attached to CMOS integrated circuit. (b) Illustration of membrane in pore containing sodium–potassium pumps. (c) Circuit model of equivalent... Read More...
Electronic Backpacks Turn Beetles into Rescue Cyborgs
A team of engineers developed cyborg beetles that are a potential alternative to remote controlled drones. By hard-wiring the beetles, the researchers from UC Berkeley and Singapore’s Nanyang Technological Univ... Read More...
Birds Use Internal Biological Quantum Compass to Sense Magnetic Fields
For decades, scientists have known that birds are excellent navigators because they have a special ability to detect variations in the earth’s magnetic field. Exactly how they detect the magnetic fields is stil... Read More...