Georgia Tech researchers built a low-power network that sends simple electrical commands through body tissue between wearable and implantable devices. Sub-3-millimetre implants coordinated limb movement in a rat, but the system remains a preclinical prototype with no human safety or therapeutic evidence.
Tiny Implants Used Body Tissue to Coordinate a Rat’s Limbs
Georgia Tech researchers built a low-power network that sends simple electrical commands through body tissue between wearable and implantable devices. Sub-3-millimetre implants coordinated limb movement in a rat, but the system remains a preclinical prototype with no human safety or therapeutic evidence.
Tiny Implants Used Body Tissue to Coordinate a Rat’s Limbs
Researchers engineered bacteria to assemble into a conductive network that senses force while tolerating extreme stretching. The laboratory prototype could inspire softer sensors for robots and wearables, but its long-term stability, containment, manufacturing cost and real-world accuracy have not yet been demonstrated.
Researchers engineered bacteria to assemble into a conductive network that senses force while tolerating extreme stretching. The laboratory prototype could inspire softer sensors for robots and wearables, but its long-term stability, containment, manufacturing cost and real-world accuracy have not yet been demonstrated.
Scientists Turned Living Bacteria Into a Stretchable Force Sensor
