Biotechnology has always played a prominent role on the Houston Futures posting from the coming genomic revolution to electric tattoos to the creation of new memory cells, but we never thought of understanding the complicated “circuitry” of biological cells by harnessing those processes electrically. MIT’s Research Laboratory of Electronics have begun their work of imitating a cell’s processes through chemical electron passing with the pure electron passing of electronics which signals a new era in truly efficient biological systems frameworks and thoughts.
Using Circuitry of Electronics to Better Understand the “Circuitry” of Biological Cells
We as futurists know that carbon resources are finite, and humanity must find a way to power our future generation without eliminating all our resources. While green energy seems very far off, that does not mean that scientists are still not looking for a grand cure for our energy crisis. MIT, again, shows us a way for energy production with the artificial leaf that uses the Sun to create fuel for later storage and eventual power. Could this lead to electricity, free, and abundant for all?
Artificial Leaf Uses Sunlight to Produce Hydrogen, Oxygen
Finding ways to ward off and keep diseases at bay remains a major war that humanity will always wage, so understanding the dynamics of disease and how it interacts with its environment is fundamentally important to the quest for continued human survival. The latest 2011 Nobel Prize in Medicine propels those ideas again with breakthroughs of how specific cells in the body first interact with each other to provoke the immunity response, provoking new insights on formations and prevention of infections, cancer, and inflammatory diseases.
2011 Nobel Prize in Medicine: A Doorway to Understanding How Immunity Truly Works
The world has a pulse, and now with the global treasure troves of data such as Facebook and Twitter, we know have technology that can take snapshots of what the world is feeling at certain times. While just using this information at face value might not be completely accurate, coupling this data with extensive science and community platforms may get us closer to the collective pulse understanding, discerning its patterns and predicting their outcomes.
Using Twitter To Understand the Mood of the World
