Smart Cancer Targeting

Source (ScientificAmerican.com): Smart Cancer Targeting

"Smart" anticancer drug systems can use mechanisms similar to swarm intelligence to locate sites of disease in the human body.

Geoffrey von Maltzahn and coworkers may have come up with the most ingenious solution yet. They have created "scouting" or Signaling nanoparticles that pave the way to the location of a tumor inside a living mouse, and then communicate the tumor location to Receiving nanoparticles, or the rest of the "swarm."

Scientists unveil tools for rewriting the code of life - MIT News Office

Source: Scientists unveil tools for rewriting the code of life - MIT News Office
New technology from MIT and Harvard can edit DNA at the genome scale, giving cells novel functions.
Such technology could enable scientists to design cells that build proteins not found in nature, or engineer bacteria that are resistant to any type of viral infection.

Imec news-imec

Source: Imec news-imec (sorry article is in Dutch, but there is always google translate).

Dutch research institute TNO together with Belgium Imec and Polymer Vision have developed a thin plastic microprocessor. Possible usage in flexible screens, clothing and package material.

Together with NFC this is another step closer to a complete integrated digital world.