How would you like to increase your fitness, increase your concentration, creativity, and productivity, and burn about 100 extra calories an hour, all while studying or doing homework?
That's the beauty of a treadmill desk. The concept is that you set up a desk around a treadmill, and walk 1-2 mph while doing your work on the computer or reading your textbook (note: writing by hand would not be advisable). If you want a professional product, some companies, such as Steelcase's Walkstation, offer a fully integrated treadmill desk, and others have a desk designed to fit around an existing treadmill, such as TrekDesk, or the Walk N Work. I personally bought the Lifespan TR1200-DT5 Treadmill Desk from Flaman Fitness (and I'm successfully using it while typing this post). If you prefer the DIY method, or are on a starving student budget, you can always get a new or used treadmill, place a surface on the arms of the treadmill, and set your computer on that (here's one someone built for $39 for a treadmill they already had), or construct a free-standing desk.
N.B. Exercise has been shown to help improve memory and concentration, and help the brain grow. If you would like more information on this, please see Dr. John Ratey's book Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain and his website.
Bluring the lines between tissue and technology
Researchers at Harvard (with contributions from MIT) have developed a way to incorporate nanoscale wires and electrodes into living tissues. This technology has the potential to aid in the study and development of new drugs, as well as in the realm of cybernetics and engineered tissues.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120826143610.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120826143610.htm
Welcome
It's that time of year again: summer holidays have come to an end, classes have started, and it's all too soon for some of us. Welcome and congratulations to the new Phase A students, and welcome back to the all the Phase B, C, and D students!
U of S Space Design Team (USST)
We pleased to announce that there is a cooperation between tMed and the USST, and we are looking at furthering collaboration between our two groups. The USST is currently comprised of students from Engineering, Computer Science, and Commerce. Ultimately the USST may not be able to fully commit the team to a full partnership since it would be outside the realm of space technology that the team is accustomed with pursuing, but we are investigating the prospect of doing some joint projects, and may be asking tMed members for project ideas.
Description of the USST from their website:
The University of Saskatchewan Space Design Team (USST) is a student and alumni group on campus that’s dedicated to the development of next generation space technologies. We’ve been working on a variety of space design projects for over six years, and it is through these projects that our team has achieved a history of international success.
If you would like to know more about the USST, please see their website and Facebook page:
Description of the USST from their website:
The University of Saskatchewan Space Design Team (USST) is a student and alumni group on campus that’s dedicated to the development of next generation space technologies. We’ve been working on a variety of space design projects for over six years, and it is through these projects that our team has achieved a history of international success.
If you would like to know more about the USST, please see their website and Facebook page:
Chemotherapy that only enters tumor cells!
The invention of Theranostic Imaging has allowed the development of a new form of drug chemotherapy. By binding a chemotherapy drug with a certain enzyme, the complex is only absorbed by tumor cells in prostate cancer. Once inside the tumor cell, the enzyme of the complex begins to activate the drug, allowing for it to kill the cell. Great stuff!
Theranostic Imaging for Prostate Cancer
Theranostic Imaging for Prostate Cancer
Revolutionizing Pharmaceutical Manufacture with Nanotech
A new form of manufacturing was discovered by accident by a university of central Florida student, and it promises to make big time game-changes to the pharmaceutical industry.
Nanotech Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Nanotech Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Alzheimer's Blood Test
The possibility of having a blood test that could indicate a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease is gaining ground: Alzheimer's Blood Test
Computerized surgical gloves
Smartphone? Smartcar? How about Smartgloves? Researchers at the U of Illinois are developing surgical gloves that could contain sensors or imaging tech, perhaps allowing us to sense the electrical properties of tissue, or perform ultrasound, with our fingertips!
Smartgloves
There is also a group of Harvard students working on a glove to augment the physical exam. Their glove, known as the Glove Tricorder, has a variety of sensors, such as accelerometers, temperature, force, sound, vibration, and plans to include other probes, such as ultrasound, in the future. The glove also has the capability to wirelessly transfer the data the physician is gathering, and to provide immediate feedback.
Med Sensation
Smartgloves
There is also a group of Harvard students working on a glove to augment the physical exam. Their glove, known as the Glove Tricorder, has a variety of sensors, such as accelerometers, temperature, force, sound, vibration, and plans to include other probes, such as ultrasound, in the future. The glove also has the capability to wirelessly transfer the data the physician is gathering, and to provide immediate feedback.
Med Sensation
Injecting life saving oxygen into a vein!
Check this out! This could really help with cardiac arrest! Imagine setting up a drip of this stuff during a code, ensuring full oxygenation of the body! With this tech it would be possible to negate the effects of running too much fluid into a person during a trauma arrest while trying to keep their blood pressure up. Typically you give blood, but if you're out of blood or in a rural setting, or on ambulance, blood might not be an option. If your patient is starting to bleed Kool-Aid instead of blood, this could be a saving grace.
Injectible Oxygen-containing Lipid Bubbles
Injectible Oxygen-containing Lipid Bubbles