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MIT creates a Star Trek hypospray to replace needles
Injecting stuff into your body via a needle is messy and old fashioned. For years, researchers around the world have been looking at new ways to get medicine under the skin without actually puncturing the skin. The latest from MIT is based on Star Trek’s hypospray technology.
The new jet injection method delivers a drug through the skin at speeds of up to 340 meters per second and in under a millisecond. The amount of drug can be varied, as can how deep it is injected. And as far as the patient is concerned, they shouldn’t feel anything other than the tip of the injector against their skin. That’s because the jet is as thin as a mosquito’s proboscis.
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posted 02 June, 2012
by cranberryzero
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kiranerys reblogged this from kingdandelion and added:
yup, serious science boners
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I have a science boner.
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This is really cool.
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revcleo reblogged this from shandrydan and added:
Very cool :)
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cuyguy reblogged this from teratomarty and added:
Awesome tech development is awesome!
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^ Same.
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speedboons reblogged this from ranyakumo and added:
awh but i like needles
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shandrydan reblogged this from rainbowsparky and added:
Star Trek was the inspiration for cellphones and tablet computers and now this. Star Trek is so great.
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rainbowsparky reblogged this from nocakeno and added:
YES YES YES MAYBE I WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GET VACCINATED AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I WAS 5
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mayra-quijotesca reblogged this from mohawkdandy and added:
Can we PLEASE get these soon I hate needles so freaking much Also can we rig some kind of needle-free blood draw thing...
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I am one of those people. HOW LONG BEFORE I CAN GO TO A HOSPITAL AGAIN?
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Neato. I daresay I know a few people that will be very happy with this.
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