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• The First Inkjet Printer Was a Medical Device
  Millions of people worldwide have reason to be thankful that Swedish engineer Rune Elmqvist decided not to practice medicine. Although qualified as a doctor, he chose to invent medical equipment instead. In 1949, while working at Elema-Schonander (later Siemens-Elema), in Stockholm, he applied for a patent for the Mingograph, the first inkjet printer. Its movable […]
• Stretchy, Self-Healing Sensor Survives Being Cut in Half
  This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Stretchy sensors are useful for many applications, including monitoring human health and emulating artificial muscles in soft robots. One big problem with these sensors is that they don’t last very long as they twist, stretch, and otherwise deform.Now, a […]
• Wonky Graphene Could Sharpen Proton Therapy
  A new twist on pencil graphite might be a key ingredient to better cancer treatment, scientists in Singapore say. Graphite is composed of stacked layers of graphene, a single-atom-thick sheet of carbon atoms arranged in repeating hexagonal rings. Now add pentagons, heptagons, and octagons of carbon atoms into the sheet, and you’re looking at a […]
• Machine-Learning Contest Aims to Improve Speech BCIs
  For the next five months, machine-learning gurus can try to best predict the speech of a brain-computer interface (BCI) user who lost the ability to speak due to a neurodegenerative disease. Competitors will design algorithms that predict words from the patient’s brain data. The individual or team whose algorithm makes the fewest errors between predicted […]
• Superbugs Meet Their Match in Generative AI-Designed Drugs
  Some today fear that artificial intelligence will one day destroy humanity. But if the rise of the machines doesn’t get us, drug-resistant bacteria just might. These microscopic killers already claim millions of lives each year worldwide, and the world’s arsenal of effective antibiotics is dwindling.But could one threat be trained perhaps to help stave off […]