Touching Molecules With Your Bare Hands

FiReaNGeL writes "Researchers at the Scripps Institute just devised an incredibly interactive way to manipulate complex molecules, such as proteins and DNA, with your bare hands. Combining 3D printed hand-held objects with sophisticated computer displays & cameras, this technology allow more natural and intuitive interactions with biological molecules - you can manipulate them with your hands and visualize the results on the computer in real time. Don't miss the incredibly cool movies and images illustrating the 3D printing process and augmented reality interaction with diverse proteins, viral self-assembly simulation and HIV-1 protease folding. A detailed press release is available."

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Re:Eh? This is something new?

[NanoGator]

"Newsflash!! Anytime you touch anything, you're touching molecules with your bare hands!"

Err I thought I heard somewhere that molecules don't ever actually touch each other. There's a lot of space between them.

Oh.. wait.. that might have been Honey I Shrunk the Kids.