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  Cyborg Surgeon: Hand and Technology Combine in New Surgical Tool That Enables Superhuman Precision

  September 27, 2012 — Normally, surgeons' tiny hand tremors are inconsequential to the task, but for doctors specializing in fine-scale surgery, such as operating inside the human eye, freehand tremors can pose a serious ... > full story
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  How Is a Kindle Like a Cuttlefish? Parallels Between E-Paper Technology and Biological Organisms That Change Color

  September 26, 2012 — New research examines parallels between e-Paper technology (the technology behind sunlight-readable devices like the Kindle) and biological organisms that change ... > full story
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  Most European Languages in Danger of Digital Extinction, Study Finds

  September 26, 2012 — More than 20 European languages face digital extinction because of a lack of technological support, a study by Europe's leading language technology experts has ... > full story
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  Nanotechnology Device Aims to Prevent Malaria Deaths Through Rapid Diagnosis

  September 26, 2012 — A pioneering mobile device using cutting-edge nanotechnology to rapidly detect malaria infection and drug resistance could revolutionize how the disease is diagnosed and ... > full story
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  Intuitive Visual Control Provides Faster Robot Operation

  September 25, 2012 — Using a novel method of integrating video technology and familiar control devices, a research team is developing a technique to simplify remote control of robotic ... > full story
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  Oscillating Microscopic Beads Could Be Key to Biolab on a Chip

  September 25, 2012 — Researchers have found a way to manipulate and measure magnetic particles without contact, potentially enabling multiple medical tests on a tiny ... > full story
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  Burying the Hatchet in the Laser Lab

  September 25, 2012 — Experts have been heavily discussing why exactly electrically insulating materials insulate as they do. Based on different mechanisms, a classification scheme for insulators has been in use since the ... > full story
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  Novel Materials Become Multifunctional at Ultimate Quantum Limit

  September 25, 2012 — Physicists have examined the lower limits of novel materials called complex oxides and discovered that unlike conventional semiconductors the materials not only conduct electricity, but also develop ... > full story
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  Wearable Sensor System Automatic Maps Building While Wearer Is Moving

  September 24, 2012 — Researchers have built a wearable sensor system that automatically creates a digital map of the environment through which the wearer is ... > full story
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  Windshield Wiper for Mars Dust Developed: Actuator Moved by Materials That Have Shape Memory

  September 24, 2012 — A team of researchers in Spain has developed a device that works as a windshield wiper to eliminate Mars dust from the sensors on the NASA spacecrafts that travel to the Red ... > full story

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