Bringing Medical Devices Home

As medical devices increasingly become a part of outpatient care, designers will need to consider how best to create devices that will be used in the home and operated by patients themselves.

Charmr: A Design Concept for Diabetes Management Devices

Posts describing Adaptive Path’s recently released concept.

Statistics > Oral health > Loss of natural teeth by state

“DEFINITION: Adults aged 65+ who have had all their natural teeth extracted.” Egads…

ConsumerReports.org - Organic products, when buying organic pays (and doesn’t) 2/06

A nice run down of different foods.

define:insomnia - Google Search

Damn, duuuude - can’t fall asleep tonight. I dug that Chipotle link. That would be fun, ordering an eBurrito.

EKG monitor integrated into a shirt

… with a bluetooth connection to a mobile phone providing connectivity.

Listening to cells

Cells emit different sounds depending on their health and composition. (Possible use for detection of cancer.)

Printed Skin

Scientists in the UK are runing clinical trials on a modified ink-jet printer than can print skin and bone fragments to tailor fit a patients wounds.

Mercury levels of fish used in sushi

Stay away from the mackarel and swordfish. Thankfully salmon is near the bottom of the list.