Advancing the Future of Healthcare: frog’s Connected Care Solution By Ernest Beck - November 6, 2012 As technology disrupts established healthcare systems and the traditional patient-provider dynamic, frog introduces a prototype Connected Care Solution (CCS) that seamlessly connects doctors and patients and supportive communities. Based on a new patient-centered healthcare paradigm, CCS fosters a collaborative relationship between the patient, providers, and a social network to improve health outcomes and help achieve lifestyle goals. With a deep knowledge and expertise in the healthcare sector, frog designers, technologists, and strategists are exploring innovative and systemic solutions for the future of healthcare—today. Your blood pressure is spiking and you don’t know why or what to do. CCS puts the patient first. “CCS puts the patient at the center of holistically managing their healthcare situation,” says Thomas Sutton, executive creative director at frog’s Milan studio. An urgent need for innovation Meet Charles Green But Dr. Health monitoring
7 talks on the wonder of 3D printing From ordering movie tickets to booking a dentist appointment, mobile and web apps have made the tasks of daily life easier. But there are some things that an app can’t do. Standing in line at the pharmacy is one of them. Lee Cronin: Print your own medicineIn today’s talk, Lee Cronin asks: “Could we make a really cool universal chemistry set? In essence, could we app chemistry?” With his team of researchers at the University of Glasgow, Cronin has created a 3D printing application that allows scientists to print out laboratory equipment specific to the experiment they wish to run — something they’ve called “reactionware.” At TED, we love sharing stories of 3D printing and its rapidly developing power to make new things possible. Lisa Harouni: A primer on 3D printing So what exactly is 3D printing? Klaus Stadlmann: The world’s smallest 3D printer Klaus Stadlmann built the microprinter, the smallest 3D printer in the world. David F.
SBU Team Discovers New Compounds that Challenge the Foundation of Chemistry - Stony Brook University Newsroom current students | faculty & staff | alumni & friends | parents | neighbors | business Home Media Relations Search Press Releases News & Media Archives Related News Student Media Social Media Stony Brook on Facebook Stony Brook on Flickr Stony Brook on YouTube Stony Brook on Twitter SBM on Facebook General University News Print ShareThis SBU Team Discovers New Compounds that Challenge the Foundation of Chemistry Breakthrough may lead to novel materials and applications STONY BROOK, NY, December 19, 2013 – All good research breaks new ground, but rarely does the research unearth truths that challenge the foundation of a science. The paper titled "Unexpected stable stoichiometries of sodium chlorides,” documents his predictions about, and experiments in, compressing sodium chloride—rock salt—to form new compounds. “I think this work is the beginning of a revolution in chemistry,” Oganov says. This opens all kinds of possibilities. To Oganov, impossible didn’t mean something absolute.
Designer Fund And The White House Challenge You To Redesign The Electronic Medical Record Hey designers! You could build another app. Or you could save some lives by entering the White House’s Health Design Challenge to give the electronic medical record a much-needed redesign. Right now the thing’s an abomination — all courier font, hard to read. The Health Design Challenge is being presented by Designer Fund, a new community of philanthropic angels and mentors who support and invest in designer-founders. There’s plenty of design to be done here. So go at it. The best designs will compete for $50,000 in cash prizes. Blumenfeld’s got a tip for those participating in the challenge. He’s fired up about the project and is asking his fund’s network of over 75 world-class designers to get behind it because the Health Design Challenge “skews towards action — it’s taking it to the next level.
Plug-in Hybrids Plug-in hybrids, sometimes called Plug-in Hybrid-Electric Vehicles (PHEVs), are hybrids with high-capacity batteries that can be charged by plugging them into an electrical outlet or charging station. They can store enough electricity from the power grid to significantly reduce their petroleum consumption under typical driving conditions. Different Kinds of Plug-in Hybrids There are two basic plug-in hybrid configurations: Series plug-in hybrids, also called Extended Range Electric Vehicles (EREVs). Plug-in hybrids also have different battery capacities, allowing some to travel farther on electricity than others. Benefits and Challenges The environmental benefits of plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles increase if they are powered by electricity from 'green' sources such as solar, wind or small-scale hydroelectricity. Find out more about green power and how you can purchase it in your state. Less Petroleum Use. Less Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Higher Vehicle Costs, Lower Fuel Costs. Videos
Radioactive Decay Rates Another example is the element Uranium-238 which has 54 more neutrons than its protons (Atomic umber =92). This element gains stability by passing through various types of decays (19 steps-- also known as the Uranium series) and is converted into Pb-206 (atomic number 82).For further information about different types of decay that Uranium goes through, refer to Decay Pathways). Decay Rates Due to the smaller size of the nucleus compared to the atom and the enormity of electromagnetic forces, it is impossible to predict radioactive decay. The atomic nucleus which is in the center of the atom is buffered by surrounding electrons and external conditions. or mathematically speaking A=λN where A is the Total activity and is the number of decays per unit time of a radioactive sample. Decay Rate & Chemical Kinetics Since the decay rate is dependent upon the number of radioactive atoms, in terms of chemical kinetics, one can say that radioactive decay is a first order reaction process. dNdt=−λN with
Future - Health - Will mobile sensors revolutionise healthcare? How the phone in your pocket could help power a revolution in healthcare that will allow your doctor to spot problems – and intervene – no matter where you are in the world. Dr Leslie Saxon wants to be able to measure anybody’s heartbeat, no matter where they are in the world. The cardiologist, from the University of Southern California, specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease using wearable and implanted devices. She believes that networked gadgets, such as an iPhone fitted with a heartrate monitor, could be the start of a revolution in healthcare that will allow your doctor to spot problems - and intervene – even if they are thousands of miles away. She tells BBC Future about what this relatively inexpensive measure could mean for global health.
Solar vehicles and efficient vehicles The Accelerated Composites Aptera will be produced as an all electric and as a plug in hybrid. Seating for two adults + an infant seat behind. Zero to 60 in 10 secs, top speed around 85 mph. While it is licensed as a motorcycle, they have put a lot of emphasis on safety including air bags and front, side, and rollover protection. Their goal is to offer the EV version in late 2008 and the hybrid version in late 2009 -- prices projected to start at $27K.
About Philips Design - Usability in Healthcare Design In healthcare, the same applies to the highly complex medical equipment, such as CT scanners, defibrillators, ultrasound and x-ray systems, produced by Philips. For these products, effectiveness and safety are especially important, and there is even regulation requiring usability assessment (IEC62366). “Usability is critical for any medical device and is a key element of our product design and innovation,” says Sean Hughes, Chief Design Officer for Healthcare . “A product may be technically excellent, but if there is a problem with how it is used or applied, its effectiveness will be impaired.” {*style:<b>Designing for evolving situations </b>*}Changes in the way that healthcare is delivered are influencing usability in healthcare design. The same clinician may also use more than one type of medical system or application, so in Design we have developed the .
EV Car Kits - Welcome! 4 inspiring TED videos that medical innovators must watch This week the nonprofit TED is celebrating 1 billion video views with a series of playlists put together by celebrities like Bill Gates and Ben Affleck. The organization’s entire offering of videos contains some fascinating talks on science, medicine and running a business. Below are just four of the ones we would put on our “most inspiring” list for life science inventors and entrepreneurs. Comment or tweet your top TED talks to @medcitynews.com. Drew Berry: Animations of unseeable biology In this video, a biomedical animator shows some astounding digital visualizations of the complex processes happening inside the billions of cells in our bodies. Tal Golesworthy: How I repaired my own heart Born with the genetic defect called Marfan syndrome, Golesworthy faced a life-threatening problem with his aorta. Abraham Verghese: A doctor’s touch Verghese argues that modern healthcare is losing sight of medicine’s greatest innovation: the human hand. E.O. Copyright 2014 MedCity News.