Life imitate Star Trek

[bookdragon01]

Since my dd just got her booster shots (and complained the whole way home about the needles), I could not let this piece go by without sharing it:

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/needleless-injections-0524.html

"MIT researchers have engineered a device that delivers a tiny, high-pressure jet of medicine through the skin without the use of a

Comments

[alirose]

That's so cool! Thanks for sharing!

[rogh_sensei]

Just now? I've been reading articles about this tech for a decade and a half. I guess they finally got it off the drawing board.

[mela_chan]

Similar devices have been available for insulin users for several years.