All the stories tagged with medical
DIY Dialysis Machine Kept Man Alive For Past 13 Years
02/01/2013, Where there is a will, there definitely is a way. First world problems include ever rising costs in healthcare and medical treatment, which is why holding enough insurance policies are essential in making sure you have a safety net of [...]
Firefighters Swallow Data Transmitting Pills
01/20/2013, If you ever want to see a hero, forget about looking for someone in the sky who is faster than a speeding bullet, or checking out the rooftops for a brooding superhero who thinks that the bat is an elemental [...]
Chitti Robot Monitors ICU Patients
01/17/2013, When it comes to modern medical technology, the role of robots cannot be underestimated as they gain more prominence in time. The ICU (Intensive Care Unit) over at the Sri Ramachandra University in India will have a sleek robot known [...]
Knit Alarm Cardigan Merges Fashion And Medical Technology
01/15/2013, Design Research Lab are the ones behind what they call the Knit Alarm, which is a re-imagining of traditional medical alarms that relies on contemporary materials instead. In order to trigger a “call for help”, one needs to either stretch [...]
Filler Helps Old Skin Cells Act Young
12/14/2012, Let’s face the facts – death and taxes are the only certainties in life, and one of the routes to dying would be to grow old. The thing is, plenty of people want to look as young as possible, and [...]
Helicopter Cabin Modified For In-Air Emergencies
11/15/2012, Transporting the wounded from the battlefield or a scene of tragedy to another place via air is more often than not done via a helicopter, especially with what we have seen in the movies and all. The thing is, helicopter [...]
Pacemaker could be powered by heartbeat
11/05/2012, Most of us know that a pacemaker needs to be powered by a battery of some sort, but what happens when there is an infinite loop of energy – that is, a pacemaker which is powered by your heartbeat? US [...]
New bandages are removable sans pain
10/30/2012, Removing a plaster or a bandage from a wound might be an uncomfortable, even painful, process for some. After all, it is inevitable that some bodily hair would remain stuck to the bandage due to its stickiness, and infants who [...]
Electric pants might just prevent bedsores
10/16/2012, For anyone who were forced to recuperate in bed for months on end without the means of moving oneself, bedsores are a very real and painful situation, as you require your help to move your body from time to time [...]
Injection dissolves body fat, could be magic bullet in battle of the bulge
10/08/2012, It seems that more and more people are getting obese these days, which is one of the perils of urbanization as fast food joints, unhealthy lifestyles and stress all add up to the pounds which pile around your waist. Well, [...]
Robot snake detects tumors by slithering through body
09/23/2012, If you hate having creepy crawlies around, then you might be loathe to have this robot snake being inserted into your body as though it was some sort of Matrix nightmare come true. There is a very good reason for [...]
Kickstart Kinetic Orthosis assists one to walk mechanically
09/20/2012, I believe that the future will see newer medical appliances and contraptions help the disabled as well as weak bodied be as able-bodied as possible, so much so that they can also live what majority of us deem to be [...]
Brain implant restores decision-making process in monkeys
09/13/2012, The brain is one muscle that still holds plenty of mysteries for the medical world, as there is still so much more to discover about it. Brain injuries can be difficult to heal, while some diseases that strike the brain, [...]
