“Reuse of syringes, all too common in under-funded clinics, kills 1.3 million each year. Marc Koska clues us in to this devastating global problem with facts, photos and hidden-camera footage. He shares his solution: a low-cost syringe that can’t be used twice.“
Posts Tagged ‘Video’
Re-inventing the syringe
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009Building a brain in a supercomputer
Friday, October 16th, 2009“Henry Markram says the mysteries of the mind can be solved — soon. Mental illness, memory, perception: they’re made of neurons and electric signals, and he plans to find them with a supercomputer that models all the brain’s 100,000,000,000,000 synapses.”
Google Wave Overview
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009With the Google Wave invites going out now, google has published a video of Google Wave explaining the technology in under 10 minutes.
Obama Health Care Plan in 4 minutes
Thursday, September 24th, 2009Video of the Obama Health Care Plan in 4 minutes (Video):
Reference: WhiteHouse.gov
Tooth implant to restore eyesight
Thursday, September 24th, 2009Osteo-donto-keratoprosthesis is an unusual surgery to restore vision.
The tooth is extracted from the patient in which a hole is drilled where an artificial lens is placed to allow the person to see. Implantation of the tooth prevents the body from the rejecting it as a foreign body.
