Scots Team Builds SONIC SCREWDRIVER to Repair Damaged Derves
19th May 2014
BBC references aside, the instrument’s proper name is a Heptagon Acoustic Tweezer, and it has been developed to maneuver cells into patterns so that they can be used to repair damage to the human body.
The device uses the interference pattern produced at the intersection of two waves of sound to manipulate the tiny cells within a culture of phosphate-buffered saline. The sound system managed to align 25–50,000 cells in experiments.
May 19th, 2014 at 10:53
“Let us learn to dream, gentlemen, and then perhaps we shall learn the truth.” – Kekule