Hardware Podcasts

208. Tiny Antennas for Big Cellular Insights

The Next Byte Podcast · 28 Jan 2025 · 16m

What this episode covers

The hosts discuss OCEANS, a wireless sensing technology developed by MIT researchers that uses tiny antennas to monitor electrical signals between biological cells. They explain how the system replaces invasive wires with light scattering to detect ion movement, enabling high-definition recording of cellular communication for up to 10 hours. The hosts highlight the potential for this breakthrough to help crack the code behind diseases like arrhythmia and Alzheimer's by understanding how cells interact at a microscopic level.

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early-stage companies

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Companies
Throne Science, MIT
Products
OCEANS
Materials
PEDOT, PSS, gold nanoparticles

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