Non-Western Innovation Boom: Biotech in China
China invests vast amounts of resources into research programs in order to foster basic research and applied science, in particular concerning the sponsorship of future technologies such as biotech. The budget of research insti...
Revolutionary findings mainly in biotechnology not only understand, but also impede mental and physical ageing. The impacts on human society are immense, individually and structurally: e.g. people are confronted and overstraine...
We will be able to build processors using bacteria
We will be able to make ‘smart’ yoghurt, where every bacterium in the yoghurt will have electronic devices which it assembles in its own cells linked together to create skilled intelligence. So a pot of ‘smart’ yoghurt ...
A major disaster caused by an R&D accident
it is more likely in the biotech field. For example a virus or bacteria created in a laboratory is released by terrorists, and causes chaos
Ultra low cost laboratories on chips
Conventional analytical methods often require a large sample volume and complicated time-consuming protocols. The ultra low cost laboratories on chips (LOC), which will integrate the Microsystems (valves, pumps, reservoirs, hea...
New Diseases Caused by Tissue-Engineering
Standardised transplantations of tissue-engineered organs lead to new, unexpected diseases and physical disfunctions.