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MIT's Needleless Injections Help You Get Drugs Faster, Doesn't Even Hurt
engadget.com 5 days, 19 hours agoAfraid of needles? You may not have to be if a team of MIT scientists get their way. Researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering are developing a jet-injection device (similar to this one ) that allows professionals to pump you full of meds without poking you with a needle. The key to puncture free pharmaceuticals is pressure -- the device uses a Lorenz Force actuator to push medicine out of an opening about the diameter of a mosquito's proboscis. The nozzle pulls liquids out just as fast and ef
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Food FYI: Oklahoma University Wants To Patent A New Steak
latimes.com 1 week agoPATENT A STEAK? Oklahoma State University says it has worked with a meat expert to discover a new steak , dubbed Vegas Strip Steak, and has applied for a patent. [NPR] ORGANIC = SNOOTY According to a study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science , people who are exposed to organic foods tend to be more judgmental. [The Atlantic] CONDIMENT LUBRICANT A team of mechanical engineers and nano-technologists creates LiquiGlide , a "super slippery" coating for food packaging that could mean no mor
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