WeirdMedical™

For most people in today’s reduced-healthcare-cost, right-to-die, euthanasia-friendly culture a persistent vegetative state diagnosis is essentially the final blow if not death sentence…

The human brain is on par with space in terms of what we don’t know. The traditional means of determining consciousness can only measure so much. For one lucky man, science caught up. Rom Houben, now 46, suffered in silence for 23 years until Dr Steven Laureys used state of the art imaging equipment to discover his hidden mind. Just recently disclosed, Dr Laureys plans to use Mr. Houben’s case to highlight what many patients around the world may need.

For Mr. Houben his horror is over. What may be one of the weirdest-nightmare-like experience ever described he “I screamed, but there was nothing to hear…”

Man trapped in 23-year 'coma' reveals horror of being unable to tell doctors he was conscious (Source: Daily Mail, UK)

Did anyone ever accuse you of being wired strangely…well soon they could be right.

With promise for both military application and future consumer devices, Georgia Institute of Technology scientists have discovered a way to use heart beats, body movements and wind resistance to produce electricity. The key is in the movement of nano zinc oxide wires. When stretched and released these wires produce electicity, enough to power radios, night vision goggles, cell phones and other personal devices.

Checkout GIT’s website…

Getting a charge out of a beating heart (Source: Georgia Institute of Technology)

Any Trekkies remember Dr. McCoy and the amazing Tricorder?

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging allows for a “Miracle Diagnosis” – Handheld Medical Scanner 800 Times More Sensitive Than Full-size Scanners…” developed by Harvard University start-up, T2 Biosystems, Inc. (Boston , MA).

According to blog author, Jason Mick, this “new scanner provides cancer, diabetes, and bacterial detection in the palm of your hand; also useful for anti-terrorist efforts.” His blog detailing how this device works is accessible by clicking here.

Or see Science Georgia Tech Creates Palm “Tricorder” Scanner Technology – Images from that site…

The new tech allows cheap “tricorder”-like handheld multispectral scanners that analyze injury. (Source: Georgia Tech’s Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA))

Beam me up, Scottie!