Anthony Atala’s state-of-the-art lab grows human organs — from muscles to blood vessels to bladders, and more. At TEDMED, he shows footage of his bio-engineers working with some of its sci-fi gizmos, including an oven-like bioreactor (preheat to 98.6 F) and a machine that “prints” human tissue.
Related Posts
Are we in control of our decisions?
Dan Ariely asks, Are we in control of our decisions? Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, uses classic visual illusions and his own counterintuitive (and someti...
Unveiling game-changing wearable tech
Pattie Maes: Unveiling game-changing wearable tech This demo -- from Pattie Maes' lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry -- was the buzz of TED. It's a wearable device with a projector th...
Cellphone , Facebook, Twitter : Social Media can Make History
While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The en...
The Surprising Science of Motivation!
Daniel Pink on the surprising science of motivation Pink uses an example of a creative problem where there are two groups, where one group is offered cash incentives, and the other isn’t. Surp...
Unveiling the genius of multi-touch interface design
Jeff Han: Unveiling the genius of multi-touch interface design Jeff Han shows off a cheap, scalable multi-touch and pressure-sensitive computer screen interface that may spell the end of poi...
The belief that science can’t answer moral questions is an illusion
Sam Harris: Science Can Answer Moral Questions Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can -- and should -- b...
Jill Bolte Taylor’s stroke of insight
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions...
A new way to think about creativity
Elizabeth Gilbert: A new way to think about creativity What is about creative ventures that makes us extremely worried about the creator’s mental health? “Are you afraid of failure?” We’ve ac...
Teach every child about food
2/3rds of America is statistically obese. We spend our life worried about homicide but it is such a minor part of why we die (other than natural causes) in the United States. Obesity costs us ...
Despite all of our accomplishments, 1 billion people go to bed hungry every day
Michael Specter: The danger of science denial Why go back in time? Times have never been as good as they are now, in any measurable way – health, wealth, opportunity, etc. A kid born in New D...
