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Feb

New 3D Vapor Displays- OR Versions to Come

Posted by Steven F. Palter, MD Published in Endoscopic Surgery, Future, Gesture Control, Musings, Robotics, Technology, Visualization, camera

Engadget reports on IO2 Displays new M3 Heliodisplay system. I have written before on these systems and played with them a bit (here is a video of my furry arm in one). They are similar in many ways to fogscreen (video here) in that they all display a pseudo floating image on a film of […]

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Feb

Remote Controlled Flying Rats

Posted by Steven F. Palter, MD Published in Future, Military, Musings, Robotics, Technology

Danger Room reports an English People’s Daily article on Chinese scientists success at controlling the flight of pigeons with brain implants. I have written before on direct brain-computer interfaces such as the monkey brain controlled robot arm, a woman with a robotic brain controlled limb, soldiers with brain controlled limbs, a paraplegic with a matrix-neural plug in […]

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Feb

Books 1.0- Problems With New Technology

Posted by Steven F. Palter, MD Published in Musings, Technology

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Feb

Forget Pills- Let Drugs Trickle Out Your Teeth!

Posted by Steven F. Palter, MD Published in Future, Technology, drugs

Gizmag reports of a new dental drug resevoir devivery system. Interesting.
a dental prosthesis capable of releasing accurate dosages into the mucous membranes in the mouth. As it can administer accurate micro amounts over continuous periods, the prosthesis overcomes the peak concentrations that occur with taking pills and even offers the ability to monitor and maintain […]

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Feb

New 3-wheel Hybrid Vehicle- motorcycle killer carver?

Posted by Steven F. Palter, MD Published in Future, Musings, vehicles

This is bit off-topic for me but piqued my curisoity. The Venture is a step closer to hitting the US shores. It’s also backed by BMW which won’t hurt. What is it? A brand new 100 MPH+ 3-wheel motor-pod steet carver. As they write in gizmag:

February 16, 2007 Venture Vehicles has formally announced in Los […]

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Feb

Flawed Research: The Hidden Weakness of Peer Review & More Falsified Stem Cells

Posted by Steven F. Palter, MD Published in Future, Medicine-general & other, Musings, genetics, medical literature, stem cells

The point of this post is not about stem cell research it is about flaws in the peer review process. However, I need to start with a little timely news and some background first.
In yet another blow to stem cell research, New Scientist reports today that one of the best-known stem cell papers in the past […]

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Feb

3 New Approvals from the FDA

Posted by Steven F. Palter, MD Published in FDA, Medicine-general & other, Military, Musings

The FDA has announced 2 new device approvals (and one bonus end the end of the post). All of these are pretty straight-forward in their uses so I’ll be brief this time!
1) FDA Clears First of Its Kind Suture Made Using DNA Technology
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced it has cleared for marketing […]

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Feb

DARPA 2007 Pt2: Major Achievements, Future Plans, & Medical Benefits

Posted by Steven F. Palter, MD Published in Endoscopic Surgery, Future, Medicine-general & other, Military, Musings, Robotics, Rovers, Technology

As I previously reported, DARPA has announced its strategic plan for 2007. In this part 2 of my analysis of what their future will bring us, I will summarize their major system achievements to date. No doubt there have beeen hundreds of amazing projects with countless devices that were produced. Here are the top major […]

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Feb

Matrix Bullet-Time Slow Motion Camera

Posted by Steven F. Palter, MD Published in Endoscopic Surgery, Future, Military, Visualization, camera

“Bullet time is a broken rule of the matrix that lets the one and the agents dodge bullets”
Nova Sensors has developed an ultra high speed camera for the Air Force that can see and track speeding bullets in real time airflight. While a military camera today the potential implications are huge…
Current System and Its Intended […]

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Feb

DARPA Releases Strategic Plan 2007

Posted by Steven F. Palter, MD Published in Future, Military, Technology

DARPA (the defense advanced research projects agency) has released its 2007 strategic plan. This magnum opus of military future tech neatly lays out the priorities and plans for this amazing agency that has led to so much medical innovation. I will summarize the key points of the report in a series of posts and tie these […]

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