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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