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Gadgets
A Glimpse Into What’s Hopefully The Future Of Healthcare
4:40AM Mark Wilson | You know Frog Design even if you don’t know Frog Design. Their ideas influenced companies including Sony and Apple. And in a recent piece for Fast Company, they presented a thesis on a tech-savvy future for healthcare that’s worth reading. More »
Robots
SimMan 3G Patient Simulator Is One Creepy Way to Learn Medicine
7:00AM Adam Frucci | The SimMan 3G is a robot that can cry, bleed, convulse, go into cardiac arrest and do any number of other things that humans do when their bodies are malfunctioning. Also, it’s super creepy looking. More »
Science
New da Vinci Robot Displays Your Internal Organs in 3D HD!
8:20AM Mark Wilson | It’s the ultimate home theatre system that you’ll (hopefully) never be conscious to see. More »
Science
Scottish Scientists Fight Cancer Cells With a Lightsaber
2:00AM Jack Loftus | And those pesky physicists said lightsabers weren’t possible. Peshaw, I say, pe-shaw. I say this because Scottish scientists have created a miniature device that attacks individual cancer cells using a cylinder of light. A two millimeter saber of light, or light saber, if you will. The pinpoint accuracy (no Force powers necessary!) will allow doctors to deliver meds to precisely where they’re needed; alternatively, it could also be used after a tumor is removed to ensure the surrounding area is truly cancer-free. Apparently, the device is also going to be very useful for deadly hard-to-reach cancers, like that of the pancreas. More »
Computers
Panasonic’s Toughbook H1: Ultimate Doctors and Nurses Gizmo
9:01PM Kit Eaton | We mentioned it before, and were initially upset it wasn’t a revised Speak&Spell…but now Panasonic’s H1 Toughbook for clinical use is out, and its specs list is impressive. It’s water-, dust- and drop-proof from 1 metre, has a smooth-surface and with sealed buttons for hygiene, and is fanless. It’s got a six-hour battery life, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, an in-built RFID reader, 2-megapixel camera with auto-focus and dual LED lighting, barcode reader, smart-card and fingerprint readers and optional GPS. Specifically it’s designed to manage patient notes and collect information to simplify and speed up hospital procedures. But with that amazing array of functions, I’d kinda like it as my main laptop. [Medgadget] More »
Gadgets
Electric Surgery Knife Sets Patient’s Throat Ablaze
1:50AM Matt Buchanan | I’m glad I had my tonsils out years ago, or this would make me think twice about it. A 76-year-old man admitted to the hospital in Chiba, Japan, for respiratory failure was about to have a new tube implanted in his trachea when the one already in there caught fire as the doctor cut into his throat with an electrosurgical knife. The flames reached as high as 10 centimeters, and scorched his respiratory passage, mouth and face. More »
Computers
Mystery Intel Tablet is Panasonic Toughbook for Medical Types
6:24PM Kit Eaton | That mystery tablet PC that appeared at the end of Intel’s presentation at IDF last night is no classmate, or super-powered Speak&Spell either: It’s a Panasonic Toughbook-alike tablet. More specifically it’s a “Mobile Clinical Assistant” device, aimed at doctors and nurses who are under an increasing burden of digital data and imagery nowadays, though there’s not much more info available than that fact yet. Shucks… and there we were hoping for something a little more Classmate-y. [Ubergizmo] More »
Gadgets
Intel Health Guide Lets Doctors Check Up On You Electronically
6:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | Intel’s taking some serious steps into the medical world with its just-FDA-approved Intel Health Guide, an 3.6kg gadget that functions as a personal health care system. The Health Guide includes a small touch-screen PC running Windows XP and a web portal that helps connect patients and doctors. The computer can be used to remind patients to take their medications, facilitate live video conferencing with doctors, and even check and collect their vital signs. More »
Gadgets
AutoPulse Makes CPR Hands-Free
6:00AM Mark Wilson | The AutoPulse by Zoll is an automated CPR device that can not only replace someone performing life-saving chest compressions, but that can actually implement these compressions more effectively than human hands. Essentially a battery-operated band that wraps around the chest of a patient, by squeezing a larger area the AutoPulse can circulate blood better than standard CPR while allowing the doctor/technician to focus their efforts elsewhere. As far as hands-free technology goes, it sure beats the crap out of your Bluetooth headset. [autopulse via news and digg] More »
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