Category: Health & Medicine
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Swiss Scientists Develop World’s Smallest Implant For Early Diagnosis Of Heart Attack Using Smartphone
The worlds smallest body implant to diagnose heart diseases by monitoring the blood chemicals, has been developed by researchers at Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. This small 14mm implant monitors proteins like troponin in blood. The level of this protein can predict if the heart attack is going to occur. The device also tracks…
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A Robotic Hand Controlled By The Mind Of A Paralyzed
A 52 years old paralyzed woman is now able to eat using a ground breaking new robotic arm. The arm is operated with the help of electrodes implanted in her brain to catch the brain signal. Named Jan Scheuerman has been suffering from a diseases of degenerative brain disorder for the last 13 years and…
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Babyloid: A Baby Robot To Fight Against Depression In The Elderly
Babyloid is a robot created in Japan by Masayoshi Kanoh, a professor at Chukyo University in Nagoya. This robot can help the elderly fight against their isolation. Japan is a country with one of the world’s lowest birth rates and the population growth is negative. However, most women in Japan live record long lives. Hence,…
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Ekso exoskeleton: A Promising Hope For The Paralysed
Many times the road side accidents as well as accidents during skiing, or falling result in damage to the spinal cord. Sometimes, this damage can be permanent and lead to the life long lower back paralysis. This leads to a severely degraded quality of life, dependence on others and psychological trauma. The medical scientists are increasingly looking…
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IBM Predicts It Will Be Possible To Read Human Mind By 2017
IBM has announced that it is likely that new technological innovations will be able to read human minds within 4 years. Reading the human mind has been one of the most oldest fantasies of mankind. It is possible that this dream may be realized in less than a decade from now. The multinational firm has…
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Bee Venom: The miracle cure against AIDS virus?
The scientists have discovered that a combination of nano-particles and a toxin in bee venom can prevent or even cure AIDS. This can be the long awaited miracle cure against AIDS. The experiments carried out in School of Medicine Washington University in St. Louis laboratories, have shown promising results for cure against AIDS. Bee venom contains a potent toxin called Melittin. It has the…
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China To Engineer The Next Generation of Genius Babies
It may not be a establishes fact that China is trying to become the next superpower. However, what is confirm that China has a state endorsed program to engineer the next generation of high IQ and intelligently smart babies through genetic engineering. At China’s world biggest genetic research centre BGI Shenzhen, scientists have already collected DNA samples from…
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Smuggler Launches A Suit That Blocks Electromagnetic Waves
The ready made cloth designer “Smuggler”, based in Limoges, France, told AFP on Wednesday that it has developed the first fibre dress that blocks electromagnetic waves. “This is the first application of advanced technology materials in everyday clothes that does not cause discomfort to the wearer,” says Benjamin Anin, head of research and development at Smuggler. The…