So, we’re at the 2022 home stretch; there’s a little over a month before we welcome 2023, and this year has been nothing short of a flurry of scientific splendor and innovative tech. Now, we at Modern Sciences have strived to cover as much as we can, but it’s us compared to the vast openness of the playing field known as tech, so we’re bound to miss a spot or two.
Nevertheless, we have covered a few technological innovations that were put on paper or display this year. Here are some of our choice selections:
Brain Imaging Goes Mobile With Compact MRI Machine
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines are pretty much synonymous with the words “unwieldy,” “large,” and anything else you can use to describe a big, single room. These setups cost a fortune when acquired by hospitals for a reason, after all. But what if we can somehow scale it down?
That’s precisely what a team of intrepid minds managed to do, setting up the stage for a bright miniature future for the world of MRI devices.
New “ILDA” Robotic Hand Combines Delicacy and Strength
Robotics tech has been around for quite some time now, and none evokes the imagination more than the concept of humanoid robotics. These robots aim to emulate parts of the human body—most especially the hands—in order to supplant human action in specific tasks.
One such case is the “ILDA” Robotic Hand, which is said to combine the strength possible through robotics and novel materials with the “delicacy” and dexterity of human control.
This Stretchable Thermometer May Soon Join the Ranks of Soft Robotics
Now, mentioning the word “robot” may bring into mind rigid, metal contraptions that may act human or do something that looks human. What most of us don’t realize is that robots don’t necessarily have to “look” human in order to do useful functions.
We can see this in famous ones like the dog-looking robots of Boston Dynamics, or in this particular case, “soft” robotics that doesn’t really resemble much of anything at all.
A Robot Just Performed an Autonomous Laparoscopic Procedure For the First Time
We sometimes forget that robots are already at work all around us; some may have played a vital role in assembling the car you’re riding right now. (And, just for the record: please don’t read and drive at the same time.)
Now armed with more modern developments, robots have gone and started to supplant humans in jobs that require intense dexterity and precision—which, in this case, equates to medical surgery.
Fiber-Based LEDs Make For a Smart Touchscreen “Textile”
It’s not all about robots, of course—the world of modern technology spans a vast array of devices and concepts, all geared toward making our lives just that bit more accessible or enjoyable.
Such is the case with these new fiber-based LEDs, which aim to make even the concept of clothing something that tech can touch. Is anyone up to checking their emails through their shirt?
