Datum 2014
Diagnosing Cancer
with a Squeeze
glasses. In addition to providing email
would extent a car’s driving range
alerts, the wig could also be paired
from about 60 miles to as much as
with a GPS device, which would trig-
300.
ger different areas of the wig to vi
Researchers have found a
brate to indicate directions. Other
way to diagnose cancer easily and
ideas in the patent include touchpad-
more accurately by monitoring how
integrated sideburns, a built-in cam-
individual cells respond to being
era and a laser pointer.
E-Fox Velomobile
Combines the Best
of Bikes and Cars
squeezed.
Besides helping the user feel
The technique uses a de-
a bit like James Bond, the wig could
Designed for urban com-
formability cytometer that is able
also have medical applications—such
muters, the E-Fox was created to
to screen cells for cancer by mea-
as monitoring brain waves, blood
bridge the gap between the bicycle
suring their level of rigidity. This
pressure and temperature.
and the car.
screening is more efficient than
previous methods because it can
Charging Electric
Vehicles on the Go
take place while the cells are still
in the pleural effusion (the liquid
that builds up in the spaced sur-
Technically classified as an
electric bike, the E-Fox Velomobile is
equipped with a small electric motor able to propel the car up to 20
rounding the lungs in the presence
The ‘range anxiety’ felt by
mph with a 30 mile charge radius.
of cancer).
drivers of electric vehicles may be
The user can also pedal the vehicle
relieved if researchers realize their vi-
in order to increase the speed or
sion of installing wireless chargers in
extend battery life. The protective
roads.
shell of the E-Fox will protect the
Instead of the cells ne