This is a very cool application of a MS Kinect hack.
“Doctors at Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto, Canada have taken interactive gaming to the next level when they hooked up a Kinect console to their medical imaging computer. Now when in the operating room, doctors can have direct access to MRI scans, without having to disinfect, leave the operating room, consult the scans, and then scrub back in. This hack allows them to virtually manipulate the scans and retrieve the necessary information by pulling it up on screen with a wave of their hand.”
Oscar’s New Feet. This poor little cat gets artificial leg implants, and after the operation, he just roams off like any normal pain-in-the-ass cat. I cried.
I did, too.
I loved reading about Oscar, great to see a video about him too.
Also like how he just hops up on one of the ‘barriers’ and the guy goes “He’s not supposed to do that on the first time he walks around.” I mean, did anyone tell Oscar that? Not that he would care, as a cat.
MIT researchers are looking to develop a nanoparticle ink that can detect glucose in blood. If this comes about, diabetics will be able to refer to their tattoo instead of their usual multiple times a day blood sugar test.
Fact: the healing process can be sped up dramatically by applying suction (AKA negative pressure) to bandage-covered open wounds. No one knows why this works, but doctors think it might keep wounds clean by drawing fluid and bacteria elsewhere. Whatever the case, negative pressure system dressings can be kept in place for days at a time, all while speeding up healing. Up until now, the $100 per day rental systems have been out of reach for the developing world, but MIT student Danielle Zurovcik recently developed a negative pressure pump that costs just $3 to build.
Woman found to be allergic to her husband’s sperm. She didn’t die but suffered unbearable pain and blistering!
“It can be systemic and present anaphylaxis where individuals have not just localised discomfort. They actually can have hives, soft tissue swelling … and, in the severe situations … they can … potentially die.” said immunologist Jonathan Bernstein, of Cincinnati Medical Centre University.
I can imagine the health PSA posters now. And advice pamphlets telling people to test on a small unexposed area before proceeding like they do with hair dyes… “Cease use if irritation occurs and seek medical advice if symptoms persist.”
British artist Stephen Wiltshire is currently attempting to draw the Manhattan skyline from memory. Since Monday October 26th, Wiltshire began filling in an 18 foot canvas at the Pratt institute, Brooklyn.
Wiltshire diagnosed with autism at the age of three displays an unusually powerful photographic memory that he has applied to rendering city scapes. He can look at the subject of his drawing once and reproduce it accurately with photographic detail, down to the exact number of columns or windows on a building. He memorizes their shapes, locations and the architecture.
Danish medical device company Novo Nordisk has won a Good Design Award for their FlexPen insulin delivery device, which incorporates a needle with a twist—literally: The NovoTwist removeable needle twist-snaps on and off, making it easy for the elderly to swap them out.
Ironically, Big Pharma’s attempt to dominate the central nervous system has ended up revealing how powerful the brain really is. The placebo response doesn’t care if the catalyst for healing is a triumph of pharmacology, a compassionate therapist, or a syringe of salt water. All it requires is a reasonable expectation of getting better. That’s potent medicine.
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