http://www.medlaunches.com/ en-us Copyright 2009 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:32:04 -0400 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss NASA says oceanic tides can be used to generate electricity (Eco-technology) Nothing’s all-cardboard office – Shaping up everything out of nothing (Eco-Architecture) N2-G4 ice cream maker is eco-friendly but exorbitant for $75,000 (Eco-Gadget) Seawater vertical farm for Dubai (Eco-Architecture) MIR - A solar powered Radio Alarm Clock for a green good-morning (Eco-Concept) Epic Wakeboats 23E – The world's first hybrid sports boat (Eco-Vehicle)]]> http://www.medlaunches.com/etc/take_a_peek_in_to_the_ecoworld.php http://www.medlaunches.com/etc/take_a_peek_in_to_the_ecoworld.php Etc Best_Of_Greenlaunches Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:32:04 -0400 Urban Space Station project – A mini farm for urban dwellers (Eco-Concept) Recycling oil rigs into hotels and spa (Eco- Architecture) Mountain dew bottles to be recycled into fine tailored suits by Sears (Eco-Fashion) Acqua Liana - A $29 million mansion stands out for eco-friendly opulence (Eco-Architecture) Australia's VICOSC discovers way to print solar cells as easily as money (Eco-Technology) Bentley Continental Supersports is mean and green (Eco-Transport)]]> http://www.medlaunches.com/etc/best_of_greenlaunches_for_a_cl_4.php http://www.medlaunches.com/etc/best_of_greenlaunches_for_a_cl_4.php Etc Best_Of_Greenlaunches Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:34:15 -0400 Take a break from the world of opulent lifestyle, high-tech gadgets, avant-garde technology and peek in to the eco-world of Greenlaunches – Timeless Garden for a plant and a clock (Eco-Concept) Samsung Blue Earth is the first solar powered touch screen cell phone (Eco-Gadgets) Jumbo Hostel – Stretch out in an aircraft recycled into an affordable hostel (Eco-Hostel) Sanyo's Solar parking area powers the electric bikes by soaking sun's energy (Eco-Energy) Solar ChumAlong charger to face the sun on all sides (Eco-Gadget) Google PowerMeter helps to reduce energy consumption and bills too (Eco-Technology)]]> http://www.medlaunches.com/etc/best_of_greenlaunches_for_a_cl_3.php http://www.medlaunches.com/etc/best_of_greenlaunches_for_a_cl_3.php Etc Best_Of_Greenlaunches Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:38:38 -0400 Take a break from the world of opulent lifestyle, high-tech gadgets, avant-garde technology and peek in to the eco-world of Greenlaunches – Big Apple's Governor's Island will be renovated into an eco-haven (Eco-Architecture) Strap a Carbon Dioxide Scrubber on the wrist to breath clean air (Eco-Concept) Obama 2009 Green Inaugural Ball sets the ball of green economy rolling (Eco-Lifestyle) Scrabble Tiles recycled in to Mac Keyboard to keep playing with alphabets (Eco-Gadgets) Hornblower Hybrid ferry reduces carbon footprints on blue waters (Eco-Transport) ]]> http://www.medlaunches.com/etc/best_of_greenlaunches_for_a_cl_2.php http://www.medlaunches.com/etc/best_of_greenlaunches_for_a_cl_2.php Etc Best_Of_Greenlaunches Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:28:27 -0400 Undoubtedly, technology is leaping ahead of time. And before it gets too late, medical science is also boasting of a life saving technique that intends to create new fleshy organs for the needy. It won't be long before humans will start manufacturing real human organs to replace the infected or dead organs. To prove this, researchers at University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science (IIS) have created a 5-millimeter tall doll composed of living cells. This new method of fabricating three-dimensional living biological structures will be beneficial in the fields of regenerative medicine and drug development. How did the researchers manage to give shape to this ground-breaking doll? For a duration of 24 hours, about 100,000 cell capsules of skin coated 0.1-millimeter collagen balls were cultivated inside a doll-shaped mold. And once the cell capsules had coalesced to form the doll-shaped mass of tissue, it was placed in a culture solution where it survived for more than a day. ]]> http://www.medlaunches.com/technology/manmade_living_organs_shape_up.php http://www.medlaunches.com/technology/manmade_living_organs_shape_up.php Technology Cells Collagen Human_body Living_cells Medical Organs Tissues Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:03:58 -0400 Only folks who suffer from asthma can value a med-product like a peak flow meter. This device can warn the user of an approaching asthma attack. And targeting the young asthma patients, Joe Dougherty has conceptualized a kid-friendly Peak Flow Meter. With the easy-to-interpret color lights, kids can easily interpret the feedback. This helps them to know how much dose should be administered. To administer medication the inhaler is held in a comfortable manner (like shown in the image) and the scissor-like actions delivers the proper dosage. Such a user-friendly asthma device combines asthma medication and peak flow to promote a new gestural way in which children can learn to identify and maintain their condition. In short making them independent to handle the breathlessness attacks without worry. ]]> http://www.medlaunches.com/gadgets/childfriendly_asthma_peak_flow.php http://www.medlaunches.com/gadgets/childfriendly_asthma_peak_flow.php Gadgets Asthma Child-friendly Device Peak_Flow_Meter Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:39:17 -0400 We have been harping about the medical benefits of iPod and here's one more reason to do the same. In an attempt to keep the patient conscious, London's neurosurgeon Andrew McEvoy hooked 18 year old Gavin Brooke to his favorite music via his iPod. This music therapy helped the surgeon to be sure of his brain's response during the surgery. Gavin had to be kept awake as the surgeons had to make sure they didn't damage anything while they were operating. Are you wondering what number was played during the six hour operation? The teen opted for rapper Timbaland's remix version of Apologize. Why this number? Well the Gavin wanted to apologize to the surgeons for putting them through it again as this was his second operation. Source]]> http://www.medlaunches.com/gadgets/ipod_helps_to_keep_the_teen_aw.php http://www.medlaunches.com/gadgets/ipod_helps_to_keep_the_teen_aw.php Gadgets Brain iPod London Music Surgery Tumor Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:00:22 -0400 Almost four decades ago an interesting sci-fi flick, Fantastic Voyage, captured the hearts of millions who dared to fantasize about avant-garde life-saving technologies. The movie depicted a submarine, housing a group of doctors, injected into the body of a character. This med-sub sailed through the blood stream to tackle the clot in the brain. That was a movie but today, such a vision has taken shape in form of a motorized robot that is small enough to be injected into the human bloodstream. Researchers from the Micro/Nanophysics Research Laboratory at Australia's Monash University have put the final touches to the design of micro-motors. They have harnessed piezoelectricity, the energy force most commonly used to trigger-start a gas stove, to produce microbot motors just 250 micrometres, a quarter of a millimetre, wide.]]> http://www.medlaunches.com/technology/proteus_robotic_motor_will_sai.php http://www.medlaunches.com/technology/proteus_robotic_motor_will_sai.php Technology Blockages Blood Human_body Motor Proteus Robotic Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:55:00 -0400 Folks who are diagnosed as blind need not loose heart completly as it is known that many a times such eyes have functional retinas locked behind lenses so clouded they can't see a thing. Scanning laser opthalmoscope (SLO) is the device that helps to point out this behind-the-cloud defect. Over-priced at $100,000, this over-sized diagnostic machine was limited to the medical centers only. The inventor, Elizabeth Goldring, later developed a desktop version for $4,000. But current buzz is that Goldring has come up with a portable unit costing just under $500. It consists of the visual imaging unit itself, along with an attached digital camera providing "the eye" for the portable device. The device, as a whole, is about five inches square and mounts on a flexible tripod. The attached camera sends the live feed it sees through its lens from the seeing machine into a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) which is illuminated by LEDs. This data is then focused into a single point, which travels into the eye of the visually impaired individual to reproduce the associated image as others might see it without the device.]]> http://www.medlaunches.com/gadgets/compact_portable_scanning_lase.php http://www.medlaunches.com/gadgets/compact_portable_scanning_lase.php Gadgets Blind Compact Portable Retina Scanning_laser_opthalmoscope Vision Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:40:47 -0400 Here is a relief for those suffering from excruciating pain. Released by MedFaxx, the Infrex Plus unit will enable patients suffering from agonizing pain to self-treat without the use of narcotics, at home or work, on an as needed basis. Approved by FDA, unit that combines the most used form of electrotherapy in the world clinically for chronic pain, interferential with TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) which is the most used form of electrotherapy for chronic pain outside the clinic. Originally this service was only used for patients in a clinical setting and was not cost effective too. This portable pain-relieving unit is compact enough to be carried along to work too. To sum it up in one simple sentence, patients can now obtain relief without having to go to clinics.]]> http://www.medlaunches.com/gadgets/infrex_plus_a_compact_portable.php http://www.medlaunches.com/gadgets/infrex_plus_a_compact_portable.php Gadgets Electrotherapy Infrex_Plus Pain Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:58:20 -0400 Spider-Man 2 showed Doctor Octopus play dirty games with his mechanical tentacles which had become an extension of his body due to a freak accident. Okay so that was movie, but in reality Jacob Rosen too is working on a comparable exoskeleton that can render exceptional powers the user. The two-armed wearable robotic exoskeleton can enable a user to lift heavy objects with ease. A medi-twist to these arms is that it is meant assist disabled patients. Developed with a grant from the National Science Foundation, consists of two wearable robotic arms that operate on the basis of a 'bio-port' which in turn allows the human brain to control the wearable robot with the same type of signals that it uses to control its own actuators, the muscles. Innovatively designed exoskeleton arms allow the user to reach 95 percent of the natural range of motion, or "workspace," of the human arm.]]> http://www.medlaunches.com/technology/wearable_robotic_exoskeleton_l.php http://www.medlaunches.com/technology/wearable_robotic_exoskeleton_l.php Technology Arms Disabled Exoskeleton Rrobotic Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:46:08 -0400 Among a plethora of gadgets meant for entertainment as well as being connected, here’s a medical gadget that has surfaced at the CES 2009. Exclusively designed for the old and the disabled, MyHalo is a wireless devise that helps to keep a tab on the vital systems of the body. It is a personal monitoring and emergency response system that needs to be strapped across the chest. A wireless gateway for transmitting data to a secure server and a web-based interface to facilitate continuous monitoring is also a part of this system. Since it can send vital data to a wireless router, this device is a boon for docs and medicos. If the user falls, within eight seconds an alarm sounds on the router and alerts go out to the caregiver and an operator to send help. The company also claims that an iPhone app is on horizon. Source]]> http://www.medlaunches.com/gadgets/myhalo_a_wireless_health_monit.php http://www.medlaunches.com/gadgets/myhalo_a_wireless_health_monit.php Gadgets CES_2009 health monitor MyHalo Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:45:22 -0400 This isn’t exactly a ground-breaking medical technology or a device that can cure life-threatening ailments. But CoreBra still managed to find a place on Medlaunches as it is deliberately designed for the old and/or physically disabled ladies. Designed by Kavita Chauhan of Adaptawear, this front-fastening bra locks up with a magnetic hook and loop. It's actually a fitted bra that gives a woman a shapely silhouette without the need to twist the arms around the back to fasten it up. Fitted with large finger loops for effortless dressing, this piece of undergarment is ideal for women with limited hand or arm movements. Also the racer back straps help to reduce shoulder strain and at the same time provide extra support. Made of soft, expandable cotton, the magnetic CoreBra comes in eight sizes to fit one and all. Just for £19, needy women can dress up independently and preserve their dignity too. Via Gizmodiva]]> http://www.medlaunches.com/etc/magnetic_corebra_fastens_up_wi.php http://www.medlaunches.com/etc/magnetic_corebra_fastens_up_wi.php Etc Bra CoreBra disabled Magnetic old women Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:36:53 -0400 Barack Obama has set the trend by being elected as the first African-American President. And now he moves ahead with his non-racist ideas by inviting neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta on to his team. If this high-profile deal works out, then Gupta could be the highest-profile surgeon general in history and would have an expanded role in providing health policy advice too. His job will include overseeing the 6,000-member Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service. Also his talking skills will be put to test as he will have to travel all over the country to propagate public health agendas.]]> http://www.medlaunches.com/etc/obamas_appoints_cnns_doctor_as.php http://www.medlaunches.com/etc/obamas_appoints_cnns_doctor_as.php Etc Doctor Obama Surgeon Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:27:46 -0400 Since the docs can make use of iPods to sharpen their medi-skills, it is time for the patients to turn to such entertaining gadgets for recovery too.The physiotherapists at Seacroft Hospital, England, are resorting to Nintendo Wii Fit as part of their physical therapy rehabilitation process. For the first time medicos in this country are using the Wii Fit game and balance board for rehabilitation purposes. Wii Fit allows patients to practice the cooperation needed between a real and prosthetic limb. Progress that is reinforced by visual evidence provides an additional incentive for patients to push themselves during therapy. Even the patients who have used this gaming treatment vouch for the boost in their Wii Fit dependant recovery. Source]]> http://www.medlaunches.com/gadgets/nintendo_wii_fit_steps_up_the.php http://www.medlaunches.com/gadgets/nintendo_wii_fit_steps_up_the.php Gadgets Doctors Game Nintendo_Wii_Fit Patients Physiotherapy Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:05:43 -0400