Prosthetic Arms Approach Life-Like Utility

We knew this was coming but it’s still great to see; robotic prostheses are quickly approaching the utility of their biological equivalents. Here we have Dean Kamen plugging his new show for Planet Green and in the process viewers get a great look at modern robotic arms. (Boing Boing)

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Dr. Kevorkian Talks About Assisting The Death Of 130 Patients

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Dean Kamen On Colbert Report

There’s few cooler health technology video clips on the web than Stephan Colbert roll out on an advanced wheelchair created by Dean Kamen. Here’s the clip: Clip 1

The second clip is their discussion on the role of technology in America. Check it out here: Clip [...]

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Will Power's Effect On Survival - A Mount Everest Case Study

In this talk, Ken Kamler, an experienced surgeon talks about his experience on Mount Everest. His story tells of the limits of human physiology and will power. After listening to this story it is amazing to think of how humans survive without modern health technology.

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Controlling Computers With Your Brain

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 [...]

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David Blaine Talks The Limits of Human Physiology

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 [...]

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The wireless future of medicine

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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Surgical Robot Peels A Grape

For those of you not familiar with the DaVinci robot, it is a fantastic set of equipment used to minimize the invasiveness of surgery. It has been around now for over ten years but has undergone many re-designs. To truly understand the precision this machine is capable of you need to see it in action. Here [...]

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Quality of Health Based On Geographical Location?

Have you ever thought about where you live and how it affects your health? What about ALL the places you EVER lived?

Bill Davenhall gives a great speech about the importance of monitoring your geographical location in regards to your health. The amazing thing is how easily we could keep track of this data given the technology [...]

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Health 2.0

There is quite a movement for physicians to incorporate web 2.0 capabilities into medical environments.

Here’s an inside look at the The Next Generation of Doctors that are transforming the way we imagine the transfer of information and patient/doctor interactions.

For more info on Health/Medicine 2.0 check out [...]

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