Researchers at Harvard University have created a biohybrid stingray. No larger than the average coin, the ray contains both biological and artificial parts--rat heart cells grown on a silicon mold fitted over a 3D printed gold skeleton. And it can move. Using a technique called optogenetics, the heart cells are genetically modified to contract when they're hit with a beam of light. Watch how it's done: The heart cells are taken from two-day-old rat...
New Robot Stingray Is Part Biological -- It's Powered by Living Heart Cells
Singularity Hub - 22 Jul 2016 19:01
Researchers at Harvard University have created a biohybrid stingray. No larger than the average coin, the ray contains both biological and artificial parts--rat heart cells grown on a silicon mold fitted over a 3D printed gold skeleton. And it can move. Using a technique called optogenetics, the heart cells are genetically modified to contract when they're hit with a beam of light. Watch how it's done: The heart cells are taken from two-day-old rat...
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