Technology Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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bio-ink n. For years, tissue engineers have used souped-up printers, and in some cases off-the-shelf models, to print “bio-inks.” These inks consist of anything from proteins to individual cells printed in microscopic patterns. By printing layer upon layer of cell patterns, scientists may one day be able to “print” whole tissues or organs for replacement therapies. [English Biology Technology] [full cite] (Dec. 20, 2006)

bio-ink n. A printer that generates a scaffold onto which new bone can grow has been developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Bone Tissue Engineering Center (BTEC) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.…Alongside fibrin, the group is planning to use growth factors such as insulin-type growth factor (IGF) as a bio-ink. [English Biology Technology] [full cite] (Mar. 9, 2007)

bio-ink n. The team’s research involves printers that place bio-ink onto successive layers of gel. On February 16, the team reported that cells had self-assembled, which is essential to creating “organ modules” that could be used to test drugs—or to create entire organs fit for transplanting. [English Biology Body Technology] [full cite] (Mar. 9, 2007)

bio-ink n. Here’s how it works: A customized milling machine prints a small sheet of bio-paper. This “paper” is a variable gel composed of modified gelatin and hyaluronan, a sugar-rich material. Bio-ink blots—each a little ball of cellular material a few hundred microns in diameter—are then printed onto the paper. The process is repeated as many times as needed, the sheets stacked on top of each other. [English Biology Body Technology] [full cite] (Mar. 9, 2007)

bioborg n. We’re strange animals—animals that have modified their minds with external technologies. Even without the technologies we’re what I call “bioborgs.” We have toolkit brains containing beautifully coordinated subsystems that get on with the job of interacting with the world, only sometimes reporting back to consciousness. [English Biology Technology] [full cite] (Jun. 19, 2006)

BlackBerry prayer n. I’m told many users now call the increasingly familiar BlackBerry posture of head down, hands in the lap under the conference table, the “BlackBerry prayer.” [English Technology Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 13, 2005)

BlackBerry prayer n. The device has also generated an odd new social ritual that sees BlackBerry users discreetly operate their devices at meetings behind cupped hands with heads intently bowed toward its tiny screen. The position makes one look as if they are seeking help from a higher power—giving rise to the expression “BlackBerry prayer.” [English Technology] [full cite] (Jan. 13, 2005)

BlackBerry prayer n. Heavy BlackBerry users call themselves CrackBerry addicts, referring to the highly addictive form of cocaine. Bow your head to check the device for e-mail during a meeting? That’s a BlackBerry prayer. [English Technology] [full cite] (Jan. 13, 2005)

Blackberry thumb n. There’s even an informal name for the malady—“BlackBerry Thumb”—a catch-all phrase that describes a repetitive stress injury of the thumb as a result of overusing small gadget keypads. [ Language English Subject Health Technology] [full cite] (Oct. 25, 2005)

blackbody radiation n. The millimeter wave signature is also known as blackbody radiation and is made up of two properties: emissivity and reflectivity. [English Science Technology] [full cite] (Mar. 15, 2005)

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