All the stories categorized with: Medical
3D printed jaw replaces infected one
02/05/2012, 3D printing is elevated to the next level, where a team of surgeons and scientists from Belgium and the Netherlands managed to replace an 83-year-old woman’s entire lower jaw in a successful operation which saw her badly infected one removed, [...]
DARPA implants keep stress levels in check
02/03/2012, We live in an extremely stressful society these days, as everything needs to be instant, and to deliver less than expected is deemed by some to be a major failure. Well, the Department of Defense’s research agency is looking out [...]
NASA develops cancer-detecting nanosensor that fits into a smartphone case
02/03/2012, Wouldn’t it be handy, not to mention painless and uncomplicated, if our smartphone cases could detect whether we have lung cancer or diabetes? While we’re not sure if and when such a device would actually go into production, it does [...]
Mini crab-like robot fights stomach cancer
02/02/2012, Robots are amazing creations, especially tiny ones that allow us to visit places that we would normally have trouble accessing. Some researchers in Singapore have managed to come up with a tiny robot designed to combat stomach cancer. Apparently the [...]
Blue eyed boy from China born with night vision?
02/02/2012, The term “blue eyed boy” might soon take on a very different meaning from being someone’s favorite, as this little kid from China who was born with blue eyes, is claimed by his parents to have night vision – just [...]
Potencia First Aid concept is a first aid kit and a backup power supply
02/02/2012, When a natural disaster strikes, sometimes first aid is required, and when first aid is not enough to help with the injuries, we might have to reach out to others to call for help. In worst case scenarios, often depicted [...]
Psychic code cracked?
02/01/2012, Everyone can be a psychic one day, or so that is the impression that I received after reading up about the efforts of a group of neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, who claimed to have discovered a new [...]
Mirracle Magic Mirror lets you see inside your body
01/31/2012, In case you didn’t already know, the Kinect can be used as more than just a gaming device – the possibilities of what it can be used for is near limitless. Well, the folks over at the Technical University of [...]
SmartCap detects fatigued brains
01/30/2012, I guess with the advent of technology, many things can carry the “smart” tag – after all, it is not too hard to cram in a tiny microchip here and there to make a particular, everyday household item or even [...]
Military biomask can treat burned faces
01/30/2012, Anyone can tell you that getting burned is no fun at all, and even more if you suffer second and third degree burns – what more, on the face. Well, the military might have a solution in the far off [...]
Ultrasound might be future of male contraception
01/30/2012, Just like how all roads lead to Rome, so too, are there many methods of contraception, but here is a potential breakthrough which might just cause heads to turn. Scientists have managed to use commercially-available ultrasound technology to reduce sperm [...]
Transform sound into energy
01/29/2012, I have always liked the idea of how Sebastian Shaw always knocked himself up (you can stop laughing now) each morning in order to have a reserve of strength throughout the day, and Bishop, who hails from the future and [...]
DuoFertility ovulation Monitor picks up FDA approval
01/25/2012, The DuoFertility ovulation Monitor from Cambridge Temperature Concepts Ltd. has just picked up FDA approval, which means that it is going to be ready to be sold to the masses soon. This particular device is actually a wearable sensor and [...]
