This sounds like an awesome app.

I had that idea, good thing they made an app. 

Now, I just have to ask my 3 past primary care if they use eClinicalWork and access them. 

recalculate-restate-reverberate:

 Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne announced today at the American Academy for the Advancement of Science conference that a patient will be outfitted with a bidirectional prosthetic arm sometime this year. The arm records from and stimulates the median and ulnar nerves. The stimulation is reported to create two modes of sensory feedback. According to lead developer Silvestro Micera, ”You could have a pinch and receive information from three fingers, or feel movement in the hand and wrist.” It’s unclear whether this will provide tactile feedback, proprioceptive feedback, or both, and to what degree, but it will be exciting to follow this development. I’ll be on the lookout for more detailed press-releases or a journal publication.

Scientists create bionic body using artificial limbs and organs | Mail Online

CYBORG FOUNDATION | Rafel Duran Torrent (by Focus Forward Films)

Translating sound into color (the color seen is defined by a musical note)

A Bionic Future | Maris Curran (by Focus Forward Films)

“Originally developed using technology licensed from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (a Department of Energy research lab in Richland, Washington), TEGwear-powered devices are still in development and won’t hit the market until 2014. But this ultimate clean tech has a whole host of potential applications, from mobile health to national security. The company will demo the device on a new Swatch Touch watch at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month. In addition, it has a grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a prototype wristband to track the whereabouts of people with Alzheimer’s as well as funding from Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Division to power wearable devices used for surveillance operations. It’s also partnered with several private companies to develop body-powered smartphone accessories (like headsets), health-monitoring devices (such as wearable heart-rate monitors), and military applications (like monitoring a soldier’s vital signs and location while on a combat mission).

The added bonus of using body-powered devices? They eliminate the toxic waste generated by the heavy metals used in the billions of batteries we currently use — and toss — each year. In other words, your body heat is good, clean energy.”

Artificial jellyfish made from rat heart (by Nature Newsteam)

(article was published on June 26, 2012)

After regulatory approval, the bioreactors will only costing $200 to $400 which could be in just a few years away. 

AWESOME!

themistlespoon:

If any of you have ever wondered why I’m studying biomedical engineering, this video pretty much sums up everything I want to work with in my life.

Oooh. I am late on this (Oct. 2011) but a great summary of the advances in bionics (robotic prosthesis). ~20 years in the making of different degrees of freedom, nerve reinnervations, sensation feedback. all for a “clinically practical” product.

As a biomedical engineering and being a part of stem cell lab once as an internship, I want to take it further hopefully I can develop improvements to the designs. 

(Source: wehavebeenreborn)

Zac Vawter with bionic leg climbs Willis Tower, tallest skyscraper in US (by ViralNewsMedia)

ahfriebely:

AMP-Foot 2.0: The first prosthetic foot that mimics actual bipedal locomotion.

GUYS! IT’S STAR WARS!!! IT’S HAPPENING!!! FOR REAL!!!

This is why I love Biomedical Engineering

(via jayohennenn-deactivated20121228)

Heart Stop Beating | Jeremiah Zagar (by Focus Forward Films)