Imagine an army full of Iron Mans – now that would definitely strike fear into the heart of enemies, but I suppose this would only happen in the world of science fiction. After all, just one Iron Man suit alone is able to save an entire city at times, apparently, based on the comics that we have read in the past. The US Army too, wants an Iron Man of their own, just like in the Iron Man movie, except that there is no real life equivalent of Tony Stark. Still, the TALOS suit that was first talked about earlier this year might actually arrive in time for field tests in a matter of four years.
Four years is an extremely short amount of time when you think of the technology which will be crammed right into the TALOS suit. It was originally thought that soldiers on the ground might actually have to wait all the way until 2032 before they are able to “suit up” as it were, so a 2017 timeline is certainly more than welcome (and also looked forward to by the ordinary man on the street, I would suppose). The TALOS suit is touted to be able to increase one’s strength and mobility exponentially, while offering a degree of protection from enemy fire at the same time.
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The Fukushima nuclear disaster still remains fresh in the minds of many, despite the event happening nearly three years ago. Well, much has been said about it, and I am quite sure that the Japanese government and people are working hand in hand to help alleviate the condition there within the shortest time possible. Yamamoto Corp. a swimwear company in Japan, has decided to do their bit for the country by coming up with an interesting kind of clothing line that they call “radiation shield wear”.
Pause for a moment and think back on how you spent your days when you were 15 years old. Most of us would still be carefree, but for Jack Andraka, he has achieved something that even adults who have strived for years have failed to do – by successfully developing a pancreatic cancer detection method that is not only fast and fairly accurate, but dirt cheap as well. We are talking about just 3 cents per test here, folks! Jack’s first brush with pancreatic cancer happened two years ago when a close family friend died. Jack was shaken up by the death, and started to learn up as much as he could about the disease via online means. Jack was not ready to accept the outdated detection method for pancreatic cancer and decided to work on a solution of his own.
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Now this is a robot that might change the way that doctors are trained to perform a prostate exam in the future – by coming in the form of a plastic posterior that is hooked up to a video screen. In fact, this robot has even been given the name of “Patrick”, and Patrick would remain bent over a desk. Something tells me that first time medical students who lay their eyes on this will probably stifle a giggle or two, but it is all serious business in reality. Specially designed to train doctors-to-be on how to perform a prostate exam on a patient, Dr. Benjamin Lok shared, “In the experience, the student talks to a virtual person and is able to practice their communication skills. The mannequin is instrumented with force sensors that can measure where the student is examining and with how much pressure. This enables the system to provide a realistic encounter with a virtual patient that includes communication and physical exam components.”
When it comes to portable hospital beds, it does seem that they do require a fair amount of handling by the hospital staff whenever patients need to move from room to room. For instance, more often than not, one person needs to push from the back, while there is another person right up in front to steer it. Who knows, there might be another person around who will be keeping a close eye on the IV lines in order to ensure that the patient remains on the bed, especially when it is being pushed at a rather fast pace, making sure that the patient does not fall off. This relatively large procession is quite a sight, and here is an idea to help lower the number of staff required to move the bed. The SESTO motorized bed system is the result of a collaboration between the National University of Singapore and HOPE Technik, a Singaporean firm.
The suits over at Kerecis Limited of Iceland must be pretty happy with themselves, especially when they have just received the nod of approval from the FDA for the fish skin-based MariGen Omega3 tissue-regeneration technology. This FDA approval would mean that such fish skin tissue regeneration technology will be able to be used in the treatment of chronic wounds that are attributed to diabetes or other circulatory problems. MariGen Omega3 products happen to be decellularized fish skin sheets which have had cells and antigenic materials extracted, and these fish skin sheets are similar in nature somewhat to human skin other than the fact that they do hold Omega3 polyunsaturated fatty acids which are touted to be able to promote wound healing alongside a bunch of other beneficial health functions.
Don’t you just love the advancements that are made in the name of medical science? If you have answered in the affirmative, then you would be pleased to hear about help being on the way for those who lack the quantity of bone to support dental implants, or those who happen to be missing some bone due to a birth defect, as well as others who have suffered from bone-damaging injuries. Scientists over at the University of Iowa have managed to come up with an implantable collagen patch that has been seeded with particles which contain synthetic DNA, where these will be able to instruct the patient’s own cells so that they can produce the protein which will then (keep your fingers crossed) lead to bone growth.
