Technology of the Day

 

 

Skin Printer

Every-day inkjet printers are converted into "skin printers" to treat burn victims. The printers have single-cell accuracy and can treat different severities of burns by printing different types of skin cells that were harvested from the victim.

 

 

Feeling Hand

This mechanical hand was created to send and recieve electrical impulses from the brain. It creates "feelings" in the hand because it can send messages about temperature and texture to the brain through implanted sensors connected to the nerve endings in the amputated limb.