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trek tech

"Real" Star Trek Tricorder Invented

If you ever watched an episode of Star Trek and wondered when we were going to finally get our hands on some cool medical gadgets like the tricorder, you will be happy to know that a primitive version already exists. Researchers knew that current medical scanners were too bulky and expensive to reach their full potential. So, in order to remedy the situation, they developed a simple portable scanner that can be plugged into a standard cellphone. The phones would send the raw data to remote processors, which would interpret that data and relay it as a image that is viewable on the cellphone screen. More »

7:30 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Sean Fallon
5,537 views, 14 comments

Latest by chaoslink: @Daimyo Nintendo: Wow, somebody's got issues. Overcompensating much? Seriously - I'm not foolish enough to think that Americans are not generally ignorant of other foreign matters, but I always have to chuckle when someone from another country is arrogant enough more »

science

Department of Defense Invests $250 Million in Regrowing Body Parts

The military is serious about regrowing body parts. So serious that the Department of Defense just announced the creation of the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine, or AFIRM. The goal of AFIRM? To "use a patient's natural cellular structure to reconstruct new skin, muscles and tendons, and even ears, noses and fingers." Sounds pretty great to us. More »

3:39 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Adam Frucci
5,948 views, 53 comments

medicine

Bionic Eyes Get One Step Closer to Reality

Bionic eyes that return sight to the blind might not be as far off as previously thought, with researchers in London carrying out the first treatment on a pair of patients in a study of a new technology. More »

6:30 PM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Adam Frucci
5,217 views, 16 comments

medicine

GeeWhiz Condom Catheter Still Gives Me the Willies

You know why I never wanna have a heart attack or prostate problems? The catheter. You know which one I'm talking about. Just the thought makes my junk burn. Enter this year's truly deserving Medical Design Excellence award winner, the GeeWhiz Condom Catheter. No more tubes twisted and crammed into tiny holes they don't belong in. GeeWhiz is leak proof, requires no adhesives and is easy to slip on or off. And did we mention the nurse doesn't have to jam a tube into your cock? Invention of the year. [Medgadget]

12:20 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By matt buchanan
8,356 views, 75 comments

Latest by xxsk84life69: @shorty63136: I don't know if anyone answered it yet, but when it says female, it is actually talking about a female connector think of like this a usb plug is a male end and the usb port is the female more »

cancer cure

Guy Invents Potential Cancer Cure With Radio Machine Built Out of Pie Pans... and Hot Dogs

You know, I really love it when (sorta) average guys out-innovate mega-corporate profit machines, like that homemade MRI machine. But this is more amazing: John Kanzius has no background in cancer research but might have invented a real cure. He was diagnosed with leukemia, and struck by the idea that radio waves could kill cancer cells. So he built a prototype machine using pie pans and conducted tests on hot dogs injected with copper sulfate—the radio waves only heat up metal spots, for tactical nuking without nasty side effects. It's now being tested at the University of Pittsburgh and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, where the lead doc says that it "may allow us to treat just about any kind of cancer you can imagine." More »

12:30 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By matt buchanan
24,769 views, 81 comments

Latest by kenyonk: @rjpoag: I'm just not buying this whole conspiracy plot crap. The Rife theory may sound great and all, but that doesn't mean it actually works. In fact doing the google search turned up plenty of stuff saying that it doesn't more »

medicine

Paro the $5000 Therapeutic Seal Now Available in America

Paro, the Japanese robotic therapy seal is now available in the US. Paro is a medical device developed by folks who have built therapy robots for years, and they say this robo-companionship can relieve some of the symptoms associated with long-term illness and even Alzheimer's. Why a seal, and not a cat or dog? Because people don't have stereotypes about seals and wouldn't question how real it felt. We're all for a gadget that helps a sick person feel better, but we don't know if you should let your demented aunt Fanny spend too much time with a robot seal.
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2:00 PM on Sat Apr 12 2008
By Benny Goldman
4,643 views, 41 comments

Latest by cybersaur: If this thing gets me laid faster than a $5000 diamond, I'd buy it. more »

medicine

Cheap, Homemade MRI Does a Better Job Imaging Lungs Than the Real Thing

Are you one of the millions of Americans living without health insurance? If so, then you know how expensive hospital visits are, especially for fancy tests like MRIs. But hey, don't worry. If you need an MRI, you can always just use this makeshift MRI that was built using a cardboard tube, coils of wire, and other items that you can pick up at your local hardware store. The thing is, it really works. More »

11:43 AM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Adam Frucci
32,356 views, 52 comments

Latest by banmojo: @Denver_80203: you're wrong, sir. certain elements in the medical industry are screwing ALL of us, but we truly need to focus on the parts that are fucked up. unfortunately, it's easier for CMS to go after MDs who more »

gross

Dvorak: Appendix Removed Through Vagina

We wish you a speedy recovery, John. [Dvorak Uncensored]
rewalk exoskeleton

ReWalk Exoskeleton Leaves T So Speechless He Can't Finish the Headline

Now, if you're a superhuman hero gold chain on legs like me, you don't need this ReWalk exo-skeleton. But there's plenty of people out there who do, such as paraplegics who need to be taught to walk again. Here's the jibber-jabber: Israeli company Taga designed it for Argo Technologies and it uses SolidWorks' 3D CAD software. Doctors and stuff are testing it at the moment and the ReWalk should be available by 2009, which can only be a good thing. Plenty guys I knew in Vietnam ended up in wheelchairs, shot by bullets that maimed. Why we didn't use magic A-Team bullets over there is just beyond me. [MedGadget]

8:00 AM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Addy Dugdale
5,541 views, 15 comments

Latest by NickFoote: Hey, I saw that at the SolidWorks World 2008 in San Diego a few months ago, now I know what it does (specifically). I'll see if I can find the picture I took. more »

cellphones

Embedded Phones Will Cure What Ails Ya, Says Father of Cellphones

Martin Cooper, credited at Motorola with the invention of the first cellphone—2lbs with 20 min battery life—says the next 10 to 15 years will bring embedded phones that will:
• Call and answer using thought controls
• Stay powered by the movement of the body itself
• Diagnose and cure disease by remotely communicating body issues with hospital computers
There are, as you might expect, some obstacles... More »

10:20 AM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Wilson Rothman
3,152 views, 21 comments

medicine

Pig Bladder Powder Regrows Fingers

Lee Spievack accidentally cut off his fingertip working on an airplane. His brother, a research scientist, sent him powder made up partially out of pig's bladder and told him to sprinkle it on his fingertip. The finger regrew itself in four weeks. How did it work? More »

6:00 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Jason Chen
39,415 views, 121 comments

avian flu

Bird Flu Detection by "VereFlu" Disposable Lab-on-a Chip

You thought avian flu was so 2006, didn't you? Not so STMicroelectronics, which has been quietly working away to build a new lab-on-a-chip device to detect the virus. Dubbed VereFlu, it's actually able to detect many strains of influenza virus, including human type A and B, and the killer avian H5N1 strain. Better yet, the disposable chip takes just two hours whereas traditional tests take much longer, increasing its life-saving potential. Having passed hospital trials in Singapore last year, its launch means you may expect to see it pop up in hospitals and airports over the coming years. [Reuters]

1:10 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Kit Eaton
1,268 views, 4 comments

Latest by Way: @wizardofpants: Haha! "I swear, that wasn't that a roofie. It was for science!" more »

robots

Eye-Controlled Robot Performs Open Heart Surgery, Makes a Mean Pastrami Sandwich

Right now, the best Doogie Howser-bot around still requires a surgeon to actually go through motions of surgery, making them suffer hand cramps and light perspiration, when they could be sipping lattes or curing cancer. Well, researchers at the Imperial College London are upgrading the Da Vinci surgery robot so operating docs can control it with their eyes. More »

6:30 PM on Sat Mar 22 2008
By matt buchanan
3,442 views, 3 comments

medicine

No Health Insurance? Get Your Terminal Illness Diagnosed By Bees

If you were concerned that you had cancer, would you go to see a doctor or would you consult some bees? I bet you said doctor, didn't you? No fun! If you used one of Susana Soares "alternative diagnosis tools" you'd be relying on bees instead for some goddamned insane reason. More »

4:15 PM on Wed Mar 5 2008
By Adam Frucci
14,916 views, 58 comments

Latest by whynotbeeasy: I don't know about a bee bong. but, a normal bong for sure. I could see it working. I've actually seen some like that but they had colored glass and were built for smoking tobacco. more »

medicine

Test-Tube Babies Start Inside Mom, Thanks to Anecova Silicon Womb

Human trials are about to begin on a new device that goes inside a woman's body for up to four days, holding fresh IVF embryos in place like an artificial fallopian tube. Developed by Swiss company Anecova, the 5mm-long "silicon womb" is pierced with hundreds of 40-micron holes, the better to expose the embryos to the natural environment of the uterus, rather than having to be developed artificially in an incubator. Scientists hope this will improve the chances of successful pregnancy from in-vitro fertilization. [Anecova and New Scientist]

12:45 PM on Wed Feb 27 2008
By Kit Eaton
2,963 views, 51 comments

Latest by ANoel: @poisonfist: "I hope your kind never reproduce to contaminate the gene pool." So saying, should I assume that your "poisonfist" nick is a verb? more »

sightmate

SightMate Device Helps Partially-Sighted People and Colorblind

Although the SightMate looks like a pair of those video glasses, it actually improves the sight of people with poor eyesight. A two-megapixel camera with 3x zoom sits in the middle of the outer frame and feeds images to a double 640 x 480 display inside the glasses.

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5:16 AM on Fri Feb 15 2008
By Addy Dugdale
2,938 views, 13 comments

Latest by whiskey: @rg: There could be several ways to do so. First you could program it to render red or green stuff with some sort of line around it, say, white for the green and black for the red (with the option to more »

medical tech

Pill Camera Not So Hard for Patients to Swallow

As the miniaturisation of cameras continues apace, more and more innovative products are thrown up, such as this pill camera. Basically a lens on a piece of string (isn't that something that Hell's Angels like to do involving string, bacon and laydeez, and goes by the name of Wolfbagging?), the technology costs just $300—far less than a $5,000 endoscope. Developed at the University of Washington, the only person who has tried it out so far is research associate professor Eric Siebel. More »

8:17 AM on Fri Feb 8 2008
By Addy Dugdale
4,100 views, 24 comments

Latest by TheByte: Does the Pill need headlights? more »

one step at a time

Microchip Can Detect Tumor Cells in the Bloodstream

An extremely sensitive microchip developed by Massachusetts General Hospital BioMEMS research center and the MGH Cancer Center has the ability to isolate, count and analyze circulating tumor cells, or CTCs in the blood. CTCs are fragile, yet viable fragments from solid tumors that could be responsible for the spreading of cancer throughout the body. According to Mehmet Toner, the director, BioMEMS Resource Center, "these are really the cells that end up killing people." More »

5:00 PM on Thu Dec 20 2007
By Sean Fallon
1,564 views, 5 comments