Most materials do what their composition tells them to do. Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have now built materials that follow a genetic program instead. In two studies announced on November 9, 2026, the lab of Dr. Alexandra Tayar showed that DNA can switch a moving, living-like material on, pace its motion, and even synchronize it across millimeters.
The work, published in Nature Materials and Nature Physics, targets a field called active matter, where tiny molecular motors burn...
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Turn your body into a touchscreen interface
Skinput, a new technology, listens to the vibrations of your body and turns it into a touching interface.
One of the newest invention ideas in interface devices is Skinput which is the product of a collaboration between Carnegie Mellon's Harrison, Desny Tan and Dan Morris of Microsoft Research. Previous attempts at using projected interfaces used motion-tracking to determine where a person taps. Skinput uses a series of sensors to track where a user taps on his arm. It uses a different and no...
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