NeuroEngineering Weekly Review Of News

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Scorpion Venom With Nanoparticles Slows Spread Of Brain Cancer

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/146425.php

By combining nanoparticles with a scorpion venom compound already being investigated for treating brain cancer, University of Washington researchers found they could cut the spread of cancerous cells by 98 percent, compared to 45 percent for the scorpion venom alone.

Robotic touch

http://www.theengineer.co.uk/Articles/310530/Robotic+touch.htm

A major grant has been awarded to researchers at Australia's Deakin University who are developing an intelligent robot that allows its operator to feel what the robot’s gripper is feeling.  The operator can get a sense of an object’s centre of mass, density and consistency, even though it may be up to 500m away.

Making Robots More Like Us

In the United States, the Pentagon is spending billions -- as much as $100 billion over a number of years, according to some technology analysts -- to develop robots that can aid or replace human soldiers. But the human brain is much more difficult to replicate than a bird's wings. Over the last five years, Lee's projects have included coaching a highly-competitive canine soccer team, entering a challenging road race in the California desert and teaching a dog how to do a back flip.