When the news first leaked about Google Glass a few years ago, it
was pretty hard to imagine that such a device would turn out to be more
than an entertaining gadget. But now that Google Glass is being tested
by prospective users, medical professionals are taking the device very
seriously and, if you become a patient needing heavy-duty medical care,
you will be taking it seriously too.
There’s a new treatment for cataracts on the way, thanks to BIOLASE and Auris Surgical Robotics. The two organizations have just announced the formation of a partnership which will culminate in the completion of a new robot designed for ophthamalogical surgery.
A new study of the data from two sections of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), published online in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, looks at the possible effects of multivitamins and minerals on the survival rates of women with invasive breast cancer….
A graduate student at the University of Florida’s McKnight Brain Institute Center for Smell and Taste, Jennifer Stamps,
designed a very simple test to support the determination of Alzheimer’s
disease (AD) – a smell test involving peanut butter. If further
experimentation is successful, the smell test just might prove to be the
holy grail for an inexpensive preliminary diagnostic tool for AD.
A new type of paper cup developed in Taiwan not only stands up to high temperatures, acids and alkaline solutions, it does so without releasing dangerous plasticizers into the liquids it holds. Your double half-caf venti low-fat mochaccino just got healthier!
I usually write about innovations I think are really cool. The Blizzident is cool, but not the kind of cool I’d like to own. It’s cool as in very weird. I mean look at it. Cornelius in Planet of the Apes
rejected this set of chompers because even ape men don’t have such
hairy teeth. In fact, the Blizzident is a custom toothbrush,
not a set of false teeth, although I bet you’d be a hit wearing it on
Halloween.
You may have noticed that when a relative or friend is hopitalized for a
heart attack, respiratory failure, serious infection, or any serious
illness that impacts the body’s vital organs, they may return home somewhat
mentally diminished. They may seem foggy or confused, they don’t
remember familiar people, or they have difficulty making simple
decisions. Your relative or friend is not alone.
While the Twitterati waited with heightened anticipation for its beloved
social network to file its public offering (IPO) papers with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this past week, it appears the
microblogging site just became additional collateral damage as a direct
result of the Federal Government’s shutdown.
Paul Allen – "The Idea Man" – has some lofty ideas brewing. The Microsoft co-founder’s latest venture is an institute which he hopes will expand the frontiers of artificial intelligence; this will also help him to explore his own fascination with the human mind.
A worthy cause, if ever I heard one.
September 27, 2013 marks the annual World Luxury Expo in Abu Dhabi this
year, and for a city internationally renowned for its miraculous
innovations, the show certainly wasn’t a disappointment. One of
the most notable innovations though, may literally turn back time – but
only on the outside. German company System4 Technologies GmbH unveiled
its new “Human Regenerator
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