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Recreating skin in electronic form poses a huge challenge for researchers and engineers, but there are huge benefits for both humans and machines.
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Brain computer interface technology is developing fast. But just because we can read data from others' minds, should we?
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Project Baseline: Alphabet's five-year plan to map the entire journey of human health
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Why swallowable robots could be the future of healthcare
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