Showing posts with label Science and Technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science and Technology. Show all posts

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Esteem: A Hearing Implant from Envoy Medical -- Amazing Hope to Born Deaf People (Proof Video)



Sarah Churman, a 29-year-old born deaf woman, shared the video of her experience when she able to hear herself with the aid of a hearing device, dubbed as Esteem from Envoy Medical. 



Esteem: A Hearing Implant from Envoy Medical

It's just unimaginable for anyone who isn't deaf to even presume how it might feel to hear laughter for the first time or your own voice.

According to Sarah Churman (as he described on Youtube with her video):

“I was born deaf and 8 weeks ago I received a hearing implant. This is the video of them turning it on and me hearing myself for the first time. For those of you who have asked the implant I received was Esteem offered by Envoy Medical.”

The hearing implant is placed behind the ear and no part of it is visible.... continue reading  and watch the video on link given below:





Sunday, February 6, 2011

Turn Your iPhone into Skin Cancer Detecting Device Using Handyscope

With the help of Handyscope, a new product available on the market; your iPhone can be transformed into a skin cancer detection device. Amazing, isn’t it?



The amazing new device plugs into the Apple smartphone and by using an application converts it into a ‘Dermatascope’ - which doctors use when looking for tumour.

The device uses a polarising light to detect whether a mole is cancerous and then takes a photo and sends it to a doctor for inspection.

Images can even be uploaded to a second opinion service where world-renowned specialists can weigh in with their view.
The Handyscope, made by German-based firm FotoFinder, can be purchased online and the app can be bought from the Apple iTunes store.

Last but not the least its affordability, with a price tag of GBP 995, it's just out of range for an average mobile user.

Monday, January 10, 2011

The Tech-extended Day Times Disrupts Sleep Patterns Leading to Increasing Danger of Cancer


There's growing concern among experts that the proliferation of glowing gadgets like computers may fool your brain into thinking that it's still daytime after the sun has gone down. Exposure during the night can disturb sleep patterns and exacerbate insomnia.
Such concerns are not new -- Thomas Edison may have created these problems when he invented the light bulb. But the problem has grown worse thanks to the popularity of Apple's new slate computer, the iPad.
Many consumers use an iPad to read at night, and paper books or e-book readers like the Amazon Kindle, which does not emit its own light, the iPad's screen shines light directly into your eyes from a relatively close distance.
According to CNN:
"That makes the iPad and laptops more likely to disrupt sleep patterns than, say, a television sitting across the bedroom or a lamp that illuminates a paper book, both of which shoot far less light straight into the eye, researchers said."
 
Everything in nature has a rhythm, and that includes your body. The ebb and flow of the ocean's tide, the rising and setting of the sun, and the transition from one season to another all happen with comforting regularity. Your body, too, strives to keep its 24-hour cycle, or circadian rhythm, steady and even.
This is why most of us naturally feel like waking when the sun comes up, and sleeping when it's dark.
Researchers have also shown how your circadian rhythm is involved in everything from sleep, to weight gain, mood disorders, and a variety of diseases.
Unfortunately, modern life throws multiple wrenches into the works, as it were, mainly by artificially extending 'daytime.'

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Wound Dressing That Changes Colour to Indicate Wound Infected - Designed by Fraunhofer Research Institution for Modular Solid State Technologies EMFT


Identifying that a covered wound may becoming infected can be very tricky to diagnose without removal for examination. However scientists at the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Modular Solid State Technologies EMFT in Munich have been designing a new type of wound dressing that changes colour to indicate that a wound is becoming infected.

The dressings have a pH indicator dye within their material that reacts to different pH values. Healthy skin and healed wounds would usually show a pH of 5 or below. However is the wounds pH changes from the acid into the alkaline range, it indicates complications in the healing of the wound and the dressing with indicate this with a colour change.

“If the pH value is between 6.5 and 8.5 an infection is frequently present and the indicator color strip turns purple, “ says Dr. Sabine Trupp, a scientist at the EMFT.

The new dressings allow wounds to now be regularly checked from the outside of the dressing without any disruption to the healing process underneath.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

'Autom' New Age Diet Guru - - Super Robot That can Make You Fitter, Slimmer and Healthier


  • After every meal do you check the calories, feel guilty and then forget about it. Or have as much as you want thinking you will start dieting tomorrow onwards. And well that tomorrow never comes. Or you list out a chart but find it too boring to follow.


    Here is an interesting way to stick to what you promise yourself everyday. Yeah, there is someone dedicated to make you eating healthy, exercise, control your weight and so on. 'Autom' that’s what this super robot is called. A robot which can make you fitter, slimmer and healthier. Well it won’t beat you up to burn those extra calories but keep a track of your daily diet and exercise regime. You can talk to this 15-inch wonder using its LCD screen. It is your new age Diet Guru with a deceptively pleasing demeanour. Linked to the internet, it is designed to automatically keep track of calories and weight loss progress. All that with a cute face and batting eyelashes.

    Autom is developed by Corry Kid, who is planning to launch it end of this year. The starting price would be $ 400, which is not much considering that Kidd has an expected target group of 80 million people in the states. It can well be successful with people looking for newer ways to lead a healthier life. In fact, as per the research conducted by Kidd,a robot helped people stick to their regimen for nearly twice as long as the other tracking methods.
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