Catherine Mohr works on integrating new surgical technologies into robots such as the da Vinci.

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Not everyone thinks that getting a tattoo is cool.  But a tattoo that can keep you healthy sounds pretty awesome.

Designed for diabetics, tattoos using a nanoparticle ink created by MIT researchers monitor the level of glucose in the bloodstream.

For diabetics (who make up about 2.8% of the population worldwide), continuously keeping an eye on their blood sugar level is important because they could miss the moment when their levels start to change, such as after eating.

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ARES is swallowed in parts and assembles inside the body (ARES Project)

How would you feel about having robots crawling around inside of you? Get used to the idea, because Italian scientists have developed a concept robot called ARES, which would assemble inside the human body.

Patients would have to ingest a liquid in order to inflate the stomach and then swallow up to 15 parts which would magnetically assemble once inside the stomach.

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The human brain is one of the most fascinating organs in our bodies and also one of the most complex. Thankfully, engineers are devising remarkable new ways to manipulate our neural circuitry, with applications ranging from controlling prosthetic limbs and giving voice to the paralyzed to treating depression and traumatic brain injuries. Here’s an exciting recent development in the field of neuroengineering:

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I want people to be able to express themselves musically.  In the fall I will be attending the Dublin Institute of Technology, as a recipient of the Fulbright scholarship, to build an interface that will allow a disabled person to play a musical synthesizer.

I want to analyze the range of motion of a physically disabled person and then design an interface around the motions that would enable them to control and change sound.  The model could use motion sensors, similar to the infrared cameras that track motion in Wii games, as the controller, and the change in distance or location of the hand, head, or foot could change pitch, tone, volume, or more.

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