{"id":162181,"date":"2023-04-14T16:23:35","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T21:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/scientists-merge-biology-and-technology"},"modified":"2023-04-14T16:23:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T21:23:35","slug":"scientists-merge-biology-and-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/scientists-merge-biology-and-technology","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Merge Biology and Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-merge-biology-and-technology2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finding ways to integrate electronics into living tissue could be crucial for everything from <a href=\"https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/2023\/01\/31\/ai-powered-brain-implant-smashes-speed-record-for-turning-thoughts-into-text\/\">brain implants<\/a> to new medical technologies. A new approach has shown that it\u2019s possible to 3D print circuits into living worms.<\/p>\n<p>There has been growing interest in finding ways to more closely integrate technology with the human body, in particular when it comes to interfacing electronics with the nervous system. This will be crucial for future <a href=\"https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/tag\/brain-computer-interface\/\">brain-machine interfaces<\/a> and could also be used to treat a host of neurological conditions.<\/p>\n<p>But for the most part, it\u2019s proven difficult to make these kinds of connections in ways that are non-invasive, long-lasting, and effective. The rigid nature of standard electronics means they don\u2019t mix well with the squishy world of biology, and getting them inside the body in the first place can require risky surgical procedures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding ways to integrate electronics into living tissue could be crucial for everything from brain implants to new medical technologies. A new approach has shown that it\u2019s possible to 3D print circuits into living worms. There has been growing interest in finding ways to more closely integrate technology with the human body, in particular when [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}