❤️ Health Tech
🏥 Xenobots – how the first living robot will change healthcare
Xenobot is the term used for small robots consisting of living cells. They make up a completely new life form. According to one of the researchers behind the first xenobots, professor Josh Bongard, there are almost no limits to the potential of this new biotechnology....
🧠 New types of chips can improve “brain-computer-interfaces”
Brain-computer interfaces, i.e., chips implanted in the brain that interprets neuron signals, are based on technology in its infancy. The problem is partly due to scientists not fully understanding how the brain works yet. Another challenge is to create interfaces...
🧠 Online therapy works just as well as traditional therapy
In many cases, cognitive-behavioral therapy, CBT, is an effective method of treating, among other things, depression. In recent years and especially during the pandemic, many have received CBT treatment online. A large international meta-study where 76 other studies...
🦟 Satellites help predict outbreaks of diseases
Mosquitoes are excellent carriers of viruses, and along with poor hygienic conditions, the root cause of many human and animal deaths. Between 2004 and 2006, there was an outbreak of the chikungunya virus in the Indian Ocean region caused by unusually hot and dry...
