Category Biotech & Synthetic Biology

Biohybrid robots are next revolution that incorporate living organisms into robots to optimize their performances.

biohybridrobots

Scientists have created robots of all shapes and sizes with increasing complexity in recent decades. Some robots function well on assembly lines, tightening bolts or welding together sheets of metal. Recent years have also witnessed an increased interest in intelligent…...

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Neuroscience or Cognitive Biotechnology (CBT) increasingly being militarized and weaponized.

Neuroscience

Neuroscience (or neurobiology) is the scientific study of the nervous system.  It is a multidisciplinary branch of biology that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, developmental biology, cytology, mathematical modeling and psychology to understand the fundamental and emergent properties of neurons…...

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Wearable Photonic devices making personalized medicine and health tracking a reality.

wearablephotonics

Currently, old-style personal Medicare techniques rely mostly on traditional methods, such as cumbersome tools and complicated processes, which can be time-consuming and inconvenient in some circumstances. Furthermore, such old methods need the use of heavy equipment, blood draws, and traditional…...

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DARPA Cornucopia to produce palatable food from microorganisms for soldiers

DARPA Cornucopia

With nutritional status being central to success in battle, food technology has long been considered an enabler for military operations. Food technology has been instrumental in ensuring that troops remain “fit to fight”. Early military leaders realised that how well…...

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DARPA SBIR for 3D printing of safe and edible food products converted from waste

With nutritional status being central to success in battle, food technology has long been considered an enabler for military operations. Food technology has been instrumental in ensuring that troops remain “fit to fight”.   3D printing technology for food continues…...

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Bioelectronics promise more sustainable, biologically produced products including Touch Sensors and Printed Electronics

bioelectronics

Bioelectronics is the discipline resulting from the convergence of biology and electronics and it has the potential to significantly impact many areas important to the nation’s economy and well-being, including healthcare and medicine, homeland security, forensics, and protecting the environment…...

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The Synthetic biology infrastructure will drive development of cloud based synthetic biology “apps”, and biology-as-a-service

syntheticbiocloud

Synthetic biology is the application of science, technology and engineering to facilitate and accelerate the design, manufacture and/or modification of genetic materials in living organisms, as defined by the European Commission. It envisions the redesign of natural biological systems for greater…...

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Biophotonics for Defence and Security from chemical and biological sensors to military Medicine

Various techniques used in biophotonics have been developed in an industrial or military setting before migrating to medicine and the life sciences. This is one reason why many techniques and applications used in biophotonics are open for dual use, i.e.…...

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DARPA EMBER employing Microbes for bioproduction of Rare Earth Elements (REEs)

EMBER

REEs are a series of chemical elements found in the Earth’s crust that are essential components of many technologies, including electronics, computer and communication systems, transportation, health care, and national defense. Rare Earths Elements (REE) are incorporated into many sophisticated technologies…...

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