Imagine shirts that act as smart-phone antennas, workout clothes that monitor fitness level, sports equipment that monitors performance, a bandage that tells your doctor how well the tissue beneath is healing, or a flexible fabric cap that senses brain signals

$100 million research and engineering program to study concept of using laser light beam to propel gram-scale “nanocraft” to 20 percent of light speed

Alternative testing methods needed, RAND report finds

Transistors and other electronic components to be built into flexible or wearable applications; 3D printing planned

Bioengineers determine three best processes for engineering tissues needed for organ and tissue repair

DNA segments are targeted to be building blocks for molecular computer memory and electronic devices, nanoscale drug-delivery systems, and as markers for biological research and imaging disease-relevant proteins

…including disease and aging; human trials next year

In testing with rats, electrode implant also triggers pleasure-associated dopamine