Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Researchers say nanorockets could deliver medicine quickly within the blood]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/03/researchers-say-nanorockets-could-deliver-medicine-within-the-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/03/researchers-say-nanorockets-could-deliver-medicine-within-the-bl/http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/03/researchers-say-nanorockets-could-deliver-medicine-within-the-bl/#comments Faster delivery is always better when it comes to pizza, Thai food and now... drugs? Doctors seem to think so as they're experimenting with a new method of delivering medicine to the bloodstream via tiny nanotubes powered by rocket fuel. By storing healing meds within the platinum-coated metal tubes, doctors have been able to propel the tiny vessels up to 200 times their own length per second -- faster than swimming bacteria. It works as such: by introducing a hydrogen peroxide/water solution, the platinum reacts, sending it zipping forward and catalyzing the peroxide into water and oxygen. The downside? Even though the fuel is only .25 percent peroxide, it's still slightly toxic -- so it looks like it's back to the drawing board until they can develop a safer alternative. Spiders, perhaps? Check out the video demonstration after the break.

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Researchers say nanorockets could deliver medicine quickly within the blood originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Chances are you don't need a machine to know that the office stresses you out, but if you've ever felt an urge to actually quantify the toll your boss takes on your body, the Compact Stress Meter could be your new best buddy. Developed by researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University, this system uses a pulse wave sensor and infrared reflective probe to measure the blood flowing through a user's fingertips, which serves as a relatively accurate stress index. All you have to do is place your finger on the sensor for ten seconds, and an accompanying computer program will automatically display your stress levels in real-time by analyzing variations in blood flow. At this point, the software and sensor are still separate, though the meter's developers have already completed a new prototype with the sensor built in to a mouse, allowing users to continuously gauge their stress while diligently working in front of their computers, or while furiously searching for a new job. Click past the break to see the meter in action for yourself.

Continue reading Compact Stress Meter provides checkups from the comfort of your cubicle (video)

Compact Stress Meter provides checkups from the comfort of your cubicle (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Print your own blood vessels, no need for red toner originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Scientists develop blood swimming 'microspiders' to heal injuries, deliver drugs originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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$1 chip tests for HIV in 15 minutes flat, fits in your wallet originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Withings users not satisfied with only being able to share their weight with the world can now add blood pressure and heart rate to the mix. This iPhone-connected blood pressure monitor made its first appearance at CES, but you'll finally be able to order one of your own today. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, the $129 accessory costs three to four times as much as off-the-shelf blood pressure monitors, but integrates well if you're looking to pair it with your Withings scale for a complete vitals management solution. Results can be sent to health sites like Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault, or directly to your doctor. Care to see how it works? Join us past the break for a hands-on look at the monitor, including a video comparison with the in-store vitals machine at our neighborhood Kmart.

Update: Withings wrote in to let us know that the blood pressure readings in the video below were likely inflated because we were talking, though we do appreciate the concern you've already expressed in the comments.

Gallery: Withings Smart Blood Pressure Monitor for iPhone Hands-On

Continue reading Withings Blood Pressure Monitor for iOS hands-on (video)

Withings Blood Pressure Monitor for iOS hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Blood turbine to power your pacemaker, become legendary band name originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 May 2011 08:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Startup's headset will bathe your brain in ultrasound, might help fight cancer, too originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 Apr 2011 15:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Scientists separate plasma from blood with working biochip originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Newfangled lab-on-a-chip technology gets more health data from less blood originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 06 Feb 2011 07:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lab-on-a-chip aims to take suspense out of blood work originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: Looks like iHealth beat these guys by a dozen hours or so. Splitting hairs, but there it is.

Continue reading Withings fittingly debuts iPhone-connected blood pressure monitor at CES

Withings fittingly debuts iPhone-connected blood pressure monitor at CES originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Could inspecting a crime scene for even the most minuscule blood stains one day be as simple as taking a picture? It will if some research now being conducted at the University of South Carolina in Columbia pans out. A team there led by Stephen Morgan and Michael Myrick have developed a so-called "blood camera" that uses a combination of infrared light and a transparent layer of the protein albumin -- the latter of which acts as a filter and is able to highlight blood stains by filtering out wavelengths that aren't characteristic of blood proteins (or so we're told). That's as opposed to current methods for detecting blood at a crime scene, which rely on the chemical luminol to make the stains appear in the dark. As New Scientist notes, however, that method can also dilute blood samples and make DNA difficult to recover, and create false positives. The researchers don't seem to be stopping at blood, though -- they say the camera could also be easily adapted to detect trace amounts of other materials that aren't visible to the naked eye, like drugs or explosives.

Researchers develop 'blood camera' to spot crime scene stains in a flash originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Murata's fatigue sensor demoed, coming soon to mobiles and handhelds near you originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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DARPA has artificial blood; Cullen family stock upgraded to 'buy' originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>arteriocytebiologyblooddarpamilitarypharmpharmingweirdWed, 14 Jul 2010 11:09:00 EST<![CDATA[GPS parachutes delivering blood to front lines in the coming years]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/gps-parachutes-delivering-blood-to-front-lines-in-the-coming-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/gps-parachutes-delivering-blood-to-front-lines-in-the-coming-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/gps-parachutes-delivering-blood-to-front-lines-in-the-coming-yea/#commentsGPS-guided parachutes are nothing new -- in fact, we're guessing that a few are being dropped somewhere in this wide world right now -- but a new deal between the Armed Services Blood Program and US Joint Forces Command will allow these devices to start saving even more lives in 2011. As the story goes, a cadre of air-dropped 'chutes will be sent to the front lines of the battlefield in order to deliver vital blood to medics. For those unaware, blood loss is a major cause of death in war, and by skipping over the lengthy process that's currently in place for delivery, the powers that be feel that more soldiers can be saved. Reportedly, the JPADS system "is a family of guided parachutes that can carry payloads ranging from about 150 to 60,000 pounds," and at a predetermined altitude, a "parafoil deploys and a GPS-device steers supplies to an exact target." The new system, however, will rely on ultralight versions of the aforesaid JPADS in order to sneak into locations that were previously thought impossible to penetrate. 'Course, all of this will be a moot point once the robot armies rise to power and start pulverizing each other with scrap metal, but hey...

GPS parachutes delivering blood to front lines in the coming years originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>armybloodgpsmilitaryparachutesafetyususawarwargadgetTue, 13 Jul 2010 16:08:00 EST<![CDATA[German researchers develop biotech sensor bracelet, disposable blood lab]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/german-researchers-develop-biotech-sensor-bracelet-disposable-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/german-researchers-develop-biotech-sensor-bracelet-disposable-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/german-researchers-develop-biotech-sensor-bracelet-disposable-b/#comments Biochips -- flexible, disposable plastic circuits that "compute" via chemical reaction -- have been nearing reality for over a decade, but for obvious reasons we don't always pay attention. German research institute Fraunhofer IZM has just convinced us it's high time we did. This week, the organization announced that it's on the verge of creating a lab-on-a-chip that can diagnose deep vein thrombosis from a single drop of blood, as well as a wristband that can measure body temperature, skin moisture and electromagnetic radiation using plastic chips and sensors only micrometers thick. Impressive, yes, but the real news is the production process -- these gadgets can be printed in reels and sheets. The organization imagines the tools will be so cheap they'll be disposable; rather than wait for lab results, worried individuals will just take one out, test and toss to feel confident about their bloodwork, before hopefully going back to their normal lives.

German researchers develop biotech sensor bracelet, disposable blood lab originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We've seen our fair share of scary robots in these parts, and we're not going to mince words here: there is no way we are going anywhere near one that's armed with a hypodermic needle -- and we sure as hell aren't going to sit still and let it draw blood! Currently being developed by a team at Imperial College in London, the Bloodbot is designed to probe your arm for the presence of a vein, stick you with the needle, puncture the vein, and then stop short of rupture. The system, which has thus far only been tested on one patient (sounds like we're not the only ones with reservations regarding the device) has been accurate about 78 percent of the time, meaning it only resulted in screaming fits 22 percent of the time -- unlike your friendly neighborhood nurse or medical technician, who is accurate nearly 100 percent of the time (and still inspires the occasional fit, but that's another story).

[Via Switched]

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Bloodbot draws blood, inspires fear originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bloodbloodbotimperial college londonImperialCollegeLondoninjectionmedicalmedicinerobotrobot apocalypseRobotApocalypserobotsscaryWed, 16 Sep 2009 14:06:00 EST<![CDATA[Carnivorous Clock eats bugs, begins doomsday countdown]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/carnivorous-clock-eats-bugs-counts-down-to-doomsday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/carnivorous-clock-eats-bugs-counts-down-to-doomsday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/carnivorous-clock-eats-bugs-counts-down-to-doomsday/#comments It's not enough that humans gave robots a place to congregate to plan our demise, now we've adapted them with the ability to extract fuel from the very nectar of life. All that innocent experimentation with fuel cells that run on blood has led to this, a flesh-eating clock. This prototype time-piece from UK-based designers James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau traps insects on flypaper stretched across its roller system before depositing them into a vat of bacteria. The ensuing chemical reaction, or "digestion," is transformed into power that keeps the rollers rollin' and the LCD clock ablaze. The pair offers an alternative design fueled by mice, another contraption whose robotic arm plucks insect-fuel from spider webs with the help of a video camera, and a lamp powered by insects lured to their deaths with ultraviolet LEDs. Man, this is so wrong it has to be right.

[Via Hack a Day, thanks Isaac]

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Carnivorous Clock eats bugs, begins doomsday countdown originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Gators may not be in the Final Four this year, but the brainiacs on campus are still toiling away, regardless. Researchers at the institution (that'd be the University of Florida) have just stumbled onto a remarkable discovery that could eventually "starve cancer tumors and prevent side effects from a wide range of drugs." The magic find? A "lock-like molecule" that clasps or unclasps based on exposure to light. Sure, we've seen our fair share of newfangled drug delivery tools, but none that have been this noninvasive or simple to activate. In tests, gurus found that they could use visible or ultraviolet light to open or close a clasp, letting blood flow or creating a clot; in theory, this could one day be used to "prevent the formation of tiny blood vessels that feed tumors." Everything about this sounds just fantastic on the surface, but seriously, can you imagine how dead we'd be if the robots ever got ahold of this?

[Via Physorg, image courtesy of NanotechNow]

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Light-activated lock could revolutionize drug delivery originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Via textually, image courtesy of NSF]

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Piezoelectric nanowires could lead to blood-powered iPods, cellphones originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Not that the whole using-cellphones-for-disease-detection is completely fresh, but the latest handset hack for medical purposes is still mighty impressive. UCLA researcher Dr. Aydogan Ozcan has essentially converted a standard cellphone into a portable blood tester of sorts, which is capable of detecting HIV, malaria and various other illnesses. Put as simply as possible, the device works by analyzing blood cells that are placed on an integrated off-the-shelf camera sensor and lit up with a filtered light source. Said light source exposes unique qualities of the cells, and from there, the doc's homegrown software interprets the data and determines what's what. So, has anyone given this guy the main line to NTT DoCoMo, or what?

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Cellphone hacked to analyze blood, detect diseases on the spot originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Not that the whole using-cellphones-for-disease-detection is completely fresh, but the latest handset hack for medical purposes is still mighty impressive. UCLA researcher Dr. Aydogan Ozcan has essentially converted a standard cellphone into a portable blood tester of sorts, which is capable of detecting HIV, malaria and various other illnesses. Put as simply as possible, the device works by analyzing blood cells that are placed on an integrated off-the-shelf camera sensor and lit up with a filtered light source. Said light source exposes unique qualities of the cells, and from there, the doc's homegrown software interprets the data and determines what's what. So, has anyone given this guy the main line to NTT DoCoMo, or what?

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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DARPA's been running a blood pharming program for quite awhile now, but it's gotten a real kick start this week with the announcement of a partnership with Cleveland-based biotech company Arteriocyte. Arteriocyte, it seems, has developed a Nanofiber Based System, or NANEX, a technology that enables the production of red blood cells without a donor. The two companies hope research will eventually lead to an "in theatre" blood-making machine for the military. So, if there's no donor, where do the progenitor cells come from? Well, that's a little hazy at this point, though Arteriocyte developed the NANEX using "blood of the umbilical cord" (stem cells), but we don't know what will fuel the final product. Personally, we hope they can squeak out a way to do it using the less controversial "blood of the dragon."

[Via CNet]

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DARPA teams up with Arteriocyte to create ominous-sounding blood pharming machine for the military originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ever on the lookout for the next step in up in Big Brother policy, there's a new camera technology being developed in the UK at Loughborough University which can count car occupants by figuring out how much water and blood content there is inside the car. The obvious application is for trimming down those carpool lane offenders, trying to squeeze by the law with a dummy or a pet in the passenger seat. Look, privacy concerns aside, there's just something awkward about traffic cams tracking quantities of blood and water inside of commuter cars. Do we really want to let the Machines have that kind of inside (literally) information on us?

[Thanks, Richard W]

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New camera tech can detect blood and water content in your car. Ew. originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Via Physorg]

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CTC-chip isolates, analyzes rare tumor cells in bloodstream originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 03:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Via BBC]

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Researchers create "plastic blood," immediately prank roommates originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 May 2007 21:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Georgia Tech researchers design nanowires to monitor blood pressure originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Read - Dislocated Knee, via Joystiq
Read - Broken Arm
Read - Sliced Hand
Read - More Examples of Wiimote carelessness

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Wii-related injury roundup originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Via Digital World Tokyo]

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Matsushita Electric Works intros blood-toting HOSPI robot originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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