The future can save life or to improve the life quality of new technology

There is no doubt that science was destined to improve and enrich the human experience of life.

Micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS), Microfluidic technology, nanotechnology, lab-on-chip (lab-on-a-chip) devices, digital signal processor (DSP), implantable chip and robot, and so all of these technologies will be integrated together to safeguard our health. It has led to the arrival of a new era of technology, where the electronic engineers, chemists and chemical engineers, biologists and biological engineers, physicians, ethicists, physicist and mechanical engineers work to improve the quality of life in total assists this feat.

Integration of living cells, polymer and chips of bio-complex organ is an area of special heat.

These organs constructor from inorganic material, living cells taken from the body, animal or human tissue, these living cells can best be done such as biochemical function and blood filtering complex work. These devices can slow the disease symptoms, longer life. The ultimate goal is to bring these devices implanted in the body for maximum effectiveness. The complete organ transplantation will be the next step.

The campus of the University of Missouri in Colombia, researchers have recently demonstrated a progress? D? D one day, the technology would allow ink jet print human organs become reality.

Print organs to a recipient who modelled for the cell to ensure that donors of consistency, through prints and structural layer alternate cascading fashion constructed out of printing organs.

Kidney and auxiliary equipment (RAD) is a bio-composite organ, it is proved that the device has improved the traditional role of the kidney dialysis equipment (Figure 1).

Researchers also developed a liver biology composite organ (Figure 2). Draper Laboratory (i.e. born former MIT instrument laboratory Charles Stark Draper Laboratories) scientists are conducting a study of Microfluidic devices, the devices 1mm thick, the size of 25cm2 final purpose is in a single chip to generate a complete liver. In addition, the Massachusetts Institute of technology (MIT) 's researchers are working with J.P. Sercel Associates company join cells maintain a gallows of the hanged by the laser processing of polymer composition (from polycarbonate, polyethylene terephthalate and polyimide synthesis). The gallows, a very fine channel and pore, researchers use they may one day be able in a chip into a liver.

At the University of Pittsburgh School of medicine, McGowan regeneration is developing a biological synthetic lung to simulate human normal lung breathing function.

The MEMS device variegated contain air or blood micro channel. These micro-channel separation by thin diaphragm, thin diaphragm simulation of normal lung function of alveolar walls.

Of course, as the most important organ of heart will never be forgotten.

For example, some biosynthesis organ can play a bandage of capabilities that can repair the unhealthy portion of the human heart disease. Researchers at MIT, is scheduled to begin for heart tissue structure of animal experiments, they referred to as the "shrinking patch" to replace the damaged heart tissue. On a fully implantable heart exploitation continues.

Eye and ear, will benefit

Artificial eyes and artificial ear is the most successful synthesis of human organs and technical achievements of two; artificial eye for the visually handicapped and blind light, artificial ear is hearing impaired and deaf people rushed to the Gospel.

In fact, already had a Bionic eye, the retina and cochlear implants.

Of these, an ambitious project with the University of Southern California, Keck School of Doheny retina medical school, Second Sight, Texas instruments and the participation of the United States national laboratories.

These organizations are trying to create an artificial retina, which shows a great prospect. This study is part of the United States Department of energy's artificial retina project, funded by the United States Department of energy. In a 5mm2 retinal platforms, mount a 60 electrodes of retina (Figure 3). It is believed that it was thought to be in the area, have the highest density of channel electrode. Artificial Retina

United States air force and the VSX company part of the financing of another ambitious retinal prosthesis projects they are developing a do not need to use signal recovery part of the vision, the eyes of direct simulation of the motion of internal retina that bring light vision disabilities.

This 3 mm chip enables the wearer's vision restoration of 10%. University of Utah and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Oak Ridge National Labs) and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, to the same challenge to the blind. MIT and Japan and Germany's universities are also engaged in similar research.

Bionic Ear research available in a Word to sum up: spectacular.

Michigan has developed the first cases of physical size of the MEMS implantable cochlear mechanics. Cochlear implants are different frequency signal transmission to the spirochete cochlear implantation (cochleal spiral) electrode work. Auditory nerve transmits the signals to the brain. As machinery increased sensor array in the cochlea to the cochlear implantation driven by electrode.

To solve the hard of hearing, NVE Corporation developed the giant Magnetoresistive sensor (GMR), these sensors without manual intervention can automatically adjust the volume for hearing aids.

The electron spin (spintronic) Magnetoresistive sensor from Starkey Laboratories manufacturing, they use electronic rotation instead of charging to store information.

Georgia Tech Research Institute to Peacock Communications companies transfer to wear with text technology, Peacock Communications provides its called COMMplements software system, it is deaf who sent in the Gospel.

The software with the IEEE 802 .11b wireless transmission capacity lost hearing in mobile users easy access to the Internet, through a PDA as a sport with a text description.P > better disease monitoring, diagnosis, and early warning

The diseases are reduced to a minimum of one of the ways is to use a more correct and effective non-invasive monitoring, diagnosis, and early warning.

Compared with the past, through wireless RF imagery that can be ingested by imaging tablets for gastrointestinal scientist provides a more accurate picture of the small intestine (Figure 4).

Canada Calgary University researchers using MEMS technology for manufacturing a prototype electronic mosquito, known as "e-mosquito," the only electronic mosquito simulate the process of mosquitoes of the vampire (Figure 5).

Its purpose is to provide a controlled continuous stimulation and choreography into human skin fine pinholes in order to extract the very small amount of blood for later for further analysis. The device is a wireless control, no pain, real-time, half invasive blood analysis and physiological cell nucleus recognition provides a comprehensive and practical solutions.

Is pursuing new DSP devices for better non-invasive diagnosis. Here in Canada Canamet company Piesometer MK-1 portable blood pressure monitor, for example. It uses the double floating-point Diopsis Atmel VLIW (VLIW) DSP and a Tablet ARM microprocessor, which overcomes the traditional limitations of auscultation method. Auscultation method uses the sphygmomanometer and automatic blood pressure device used in the measurement of vibration wave (oscillometric) technology. Canamet instruments support self-adjusting signal processing methods, including: self regulating interference cancellation, band-pass filter and peak recognition algorithm.

Implantable devices for laboratory level, sometimes also known as bio-chip, it is non-invasive monitoring, diagnosis and control of the final will play a key role.

Many of these devices are designed using MEMS technology. Affymetrix is the first launch of the bio-chip company that as early as in 1994 launched the GeneChip (gene chip). Agilent Technologies, Biosite, Cepheid, CombiMatrix, Nanogen and STMicroelectronics, thereafter have implemented such complex platform. These bio-chip forming a huge molecular electronics market over the next few years, the market will have made significant progress.

Bio-chip development gave birth to a new subject in Bioinformatics, the need for the technology to handle from lab-on-chip and DNA chip output of large amounts of data.

Processing of such information requires the integration of computer science, database technology and algorithms. For example, Affymetrix ' GeneChip (Figure 6) is able to explain the situation. As a lab-on-chip has a large number of data need to be addressed and the analysis. A massive amount of data required from these out useful information in the analysis of requirements to the electronic industry challenge, and it is these challenges mapping out information technology development opportunities.

In addition to implantable areas, Holy Land Asia national laboratories (Sandia National Laboratories) scientists busy with a 5-pound handheld portable medical diagnostic device tracking study, the device can immediately detect heart and gum parts of lesion (Figure 7).

New technologies also bring Gospel for persons with disabilities

In patches and corrections instruments also come a long way to improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities.

Robot arm to help people regain the upper limbs torn heart hand harmony; robot fake legs help lower extremity dysfunction to embark on a new life; the heart implantation paralysed people only use his heart and the implantation of the device will be able to manipulate the artificial arm.

All of these will bring us how beautiful future? micro-processing technology, nanotechnology, robotics and biomedical engineering, these technologies will collaborate in a more prompt and accurate diagnosis of cancer tumors.

Most importantly, the use of these technologies in these tumors cause larger lesions, it is completely destroyed. Washington University in a group of researchers is to this objective. Based on their research results, will be adopted for the injection of ad-hoc nanoparticles means to cure cancer, these particles can find cancer early and be used to apply these small parcels and destroy tumors.