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Sneak peeks at eight emerging technologies
Oct 14, 2009
From transparent aluminum to billion-year memory chips to household pest-eating robo-furniture, these are some of latest technology trends that promise to affect our lives.
Lego toys and Shrinky Dinks aid in development of microfluidics:
Johns Hopkins engineers are using Lego pieces shaped like pegs to visualize the behavior of particles, cells and molecules taking place inside lab-on-a-chip devices at a scale that can more easily be observed.
Caption credit: David Grober/TechRepublic
Photo credit: Will Kirk/JHU

