Archives for March 2009
Brain-Machine Interface from Japan
Honda Research Institute Japan, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR) and Shimadzu Corporation have collaboratively developed the world’s first Brain Machine Interface (BMI) technology that uses electroencephalography (EEG) and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) along with newly developed information extraction technology to enable control of a robot by human thought alone. A person, wearing a special helmet […]
Finger Device Might Predict Heart Attacks
EndoPAT by Itamar Medical, is a simple device for non-invasive measurement of endothelial function. Researchers at Mayo Clinic and Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston used this device to test 270 patients between the ages of 42 and 66 and followed their progress from August 1999 to August 2007. What they found was that 49% […]
iPhone OS 3.0 & Medical Devices
Yesterday Apple presented the blueprint for iPhone OS 3.0, the next version of their advanced mobile platform. They showed some really cool new features for the iPhone and iPod Touch, but particularly interesting to me was their enthusiasm about medicine and medical devices. The new iPhone operating system, which will be available later this year, […]
The Usefulness of Sonohysterography
By-line: This article is contributed by Sarah Scrafford, who regularly writes on the topic of how to become a pharmacy technician. She invites your questions, comments and freelancing job inquiries at her email address. A recent study conducted at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia has found that sonohysterography (SHG) is a highly effective […]
Two interviews
Recently I gave two interviews regarding my scientific research of medical blogs and the Health Blogs Observatory. The first one was conducted by Ed Silverman, a prize-winning journalist who used to maintain the extremely popular Pharmalot blog. He now contributes to the Association of Health Care Journalists blog, where the actual interview was published. The […]
