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courtesy of University of Utah File this under wonky medical gadgets. Researchers in Utah have developed an armrest they feel will change the face of medicine. The device is supposed to increase the precision of hand movements by stabilizing the arm using force motors. This is definitely in the prototype stage, as you can see above, [...]  Courtesy of Wired A health technology revelation… Wired has a great article up about how all the health tracking devices currently in use are turning living into a type of game. Eat now beep beep, exercise now beep beep, your heart rates too high, your blood sugars too low. The idea that such an increase in data [...] A look at the future of health sciences… Up until now very few genomes had been sequenced and identifying the cause of diseases based on genomic data seemed out of reach. Now two labs working independently have successfully sequenced the genomes of patients suffering from disease, and for only $50 000. This is a huge feat considering [...] As science and technology evolve, injuries and diseases generally remain the same. As such, modern ways of treating these ailments may or may not evolve over time. This article published by Wired, talks about which surgeries remain the same and which have dramatically changed over time. Here’s an excerpt: “That’s one of the good things about medical [...] courtesy Guger Technologies I hope this health technology becomes affordable for everyone… typing these articles while watching Dexter = great! Intendix will be the first patient-ready commercially available brain-computer interface. Designed to help those who have little to no motor function. Patients will be able to type at about 60 letters per minute and should be able [...] I’m stretching the health technology theme on this one… After reading about the lab freezing humans for science I thought about another video I had recently seen. Here’s David Blaine (the magician) talking about the ordeal he went through to hold his breath for more than 15 minutes. David also had this whole [...] Courtesy of SINTEF What we do in the name of medicine and science… No this isn’t some evil lab experiment… well not too evil. A SINTEF lab is researching the effects of extremely low temperatures on humans physiology. 21 people have been put to a number of tests in temperatures ranging from +20 to -25 degrees Celsius. [...] credit: Daniel Terdimen A nice Saturday read, Daniel Terdimen over at CNET profiles Scott Summit, an industrial designer changing the way prostheses are designed and manufactured. Summit has many game changing points in his speeches, especially when discussing complexity and how in the future you will pay the same for complex models as [...] Fraunhofer IFAM Currently most metal screws are made of metal and in some cases, such as ligament repair, these screws need to be removed after a certain amount of healing. These repeat procedures slow the healing process and are a huge inconvenience for patients. Luckily this may be a thing of the past in many procedures. [...]
Eric Topol begins his talk by asking when the stethoscope was invented. Have a guess? It was 1816. Although the traditional stethoscope is still useful, there are better and more comprehensive means of monitoring the heart and lungs. How many other medical diagnostic tools haven’t undergone a major upgrade in almost 200 years? Medicine is [...] |
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