We know that exercise is good for us and why, right?
Wrong. None of us do. No one knows the granular biochemistry. But here’s a S.W.A.G. (click to first term)…
Translucent Woman Running Illustration by Bryan Cristie
A new study suggests it offers both acute and long term benefits:
“These findings suggest that exercise has both “acute and cumulative” effects on your body’s ability to use and burn fat,” says Gregory Lewis, a cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and an author of the study. After only 10 minutes of exercise, even the least fit showed evidence that their bodies were burning fat; the more fit, the more metabolic evidence of fat burning.”
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Tags: It works how?, This is healthy for me?
Number ten in the Top 10 new tech advances of 2010 goes to an ancient material…
Implanted under the skin, an array of light-emitting diodes could signal the concentration in the blood of biomarkers such as insulin. Over time, the array will dissolve away, eliminating the need for surgery to remove the implant. Flexible silicon electronics (inset) are held in place with a silk film. Incorporating antibodies or enzymes into the film will allow devices to detect biomarkers. Credit: Bryan Christie Design. Source: MIT's Technology Review
According to MIT’s Technology Review, such “dissolvable devices make better medical implants.”
And what is that mysterious yet familiar bioabsorbable material for advanced implantable electronics?
Silk! It can be engineered to transmit images via light waves along its fibers, deliver drugs, measure vital signs or test blood, and can be resorbed over hours or as long as two years depending upon how long it is needed. And all from the belly of a worm? Amazing. For more amazing apps…read on.
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- Implantable Electronics
- Dissolvable devices make better medical implants.Implantable Electronics
Dissolvable devices make better medical implants.
Tags: How'd they do that?, Is this amazing...or what?, It works how?
