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Panasonic Hair Washing Robot Gets Showcased on Video

, Sep 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

Late last week, we told you about a couple of automatic machines that were created to make the lives of medical employees and caregivers easier. In the case of the hair washing robot, idea was great: free some time for employees who would normally be washing a patient's hair, by allowing the robot to do all the work for them. The robot was designed to scan and memorize each patient's skull before starting the wash, and then 16 fingers would begin washing. If you were wondering how that might look, then take a look at the videos after the cut. Read The Full Story

Panasonic Hair Washing Robot and Electric Care Assistance Bed Showcased in Japan

, Sep 24th 2010 Discuss [2]

Taking care of those who can't necessarily take care of themselves is the job of many, but sometimes it's hard to get to all of the places that you're needed. That's why the robotics market makes so much sense for places like hospitals, so that the employees there can do a better job of finding time between patients. And, getting any help at all is something that no one should pass up. Panasonic has just introduced their brand new robotic hair washing unit, as well as the electric care assistance bed. Both pieces of tech should help those in the "helping industry" do their job easier. Read The Full Story

Cool PJs for infants lets parents sleep soundly

, Sep 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

When my kids were small infants my wife used to worry that they were just going to stop breathing at night. It would usually work like this; she would wake me from a dead sleep and tell me to check the baby to be sure he is breathing. I would tell her to go back to sleep the baby is fine and then lay there for a few minutes before I had to go check out of paranoia. Read The Full Story

Proteus Raisin Personal Health Monitor clears FDA, works with iPhone

, Apr 21st 2010 Discuss [0]

Each day more and more apps are coming around for the iPhone that add the ability to do new things to the device. One of the latest offerings is called the Proteus wireless Raisin personal health monitor and the device has just been cleared by the FDA. Read The Full Story

Lower PMP volume defaults to fight hearing loss planned

, Sep 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

Thanks to a new European Union ruling, any PMP sold in Europe will soon need to have a lower default volume level so as to avoid ear damage.  The so-called "safe exposure" levels will be a condition of sale for any MP3 player, including Apple's iPod range, though users will be able to override the settings if they choose. Read The Full Story

Retinal implant could bring sight to blind says MIT team

, Sep 24th 2009 Discuss [0]

MIT researchers have come up with a retinal implant that sends images from a glasses-mounted camera directly to the brain, via the optic nerve.  Intended to bring some degree of vision back to the blind, the system should begin real-world testing in around three years time, according to MIT electrical engineering professor John Wyatt. Read The Full Story

BrainPort offers blind a chance to see with tongue

, Aug 14th 2009 Discuss [0]

Well this is just plain cool. BrainPort is a device first introduced in 2006 that would allow users to regain some vision by means of a camera and electrical impulses sent to the tongue. But now, this gadget might actually be available commercially. Read The Full Story

Cellphone Microscope could ID diseased samples in developing world

, Jul 22nd 2009 Discuss [0]

A team of US scientists have developed a prototype portable microscope that would allow a cellphone camera to help diagnose potentially fatal diseases in blood and sputum samples.  The University of California team strapped a DIY microscope to a 3.2-megapixel Nokia N73, using cheap off-the-shelf parts that can nonetheless make out objects 1.2 micrometers across; a red blood cell is usually 6-8 micrometers in width. Read The Full Story

Zeo “Personal Sleep Coach” gets reviewed

, Jun 15th 2009 Discuss [0]

You might not realize it, but you're probably sleeping wrong.  Thankfully Zeo are around to tell you the error of your ways, and since we won't take anybody seriously unless we're paying them a subscription and they're offering us a wireless-enabled alarm with LCD display, that's part of the deal too.  Measurements are taken via a headband you wear during the night, which sends data to the alarm and rates your quality of sleep as a "ZQ" number. Read The Full Story

USB Posture gadget stops you getting too close

, May 14th 2009 Discuss [0]

Leaning in closer to your computer as the workday drags on is an occupational hazard, and it's one that can play havoc with your lower back.  Save money on massages (though lose the slightly-shameful feeling of paying someone to touch you) with the LED USB Computer Posture Correcting Alert Device.  That's a very long name for a pretty simple gadget: it perches, webcam-like, on your PC, flashing and beeping if you lean in too close. Read The Full Story

Cellphone Ultrasound project [Video]

, May 12th 2009 Discuss [1]

What you see here, plus a woman, could revolutionize pregnancy healthcare.  A team at Washington University in St. Louis have developed software [pdf link] that can run on a Windows Mobile smartphone and display ultrasound data from a USB probe, rather than requiring a large, expensive piece of hospital-bound equipment. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Palm Pre ‘Classic’ Palm OS emulator video demo

, Apr 3rd 2009 Discuss [0]

There’s just enough time for a final snippet of Palm Pre goodness from CTIA 2009, and now we’ve a live video demo of the Palm OS ‘Classic’ emulator.  Made by MotionApps, Classic runs as a standard ‘card’ in webOS and allows old apps that have been dragged over to the Pre’s internal storage to be loaded as if on an old Palm OS device.

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Palm Pre Classic emulator video demo after the cut

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