Wireless Medicine: Disruptive Technology to Overhaul Healthcare (VIDEO)

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Dr. Eric Topol is at the forefront of a revolution in the healthcare industry.

He believes technology that we have today can save lives, reduce wastefulness and save the industry billions of dollars.

Here’s a glimpse at where diagnosis, monitoring, and doctor-patient relationships are heading in the not so distant future.

Hövding Personal Airbag, Invisible Helmet

Written by Michael Awada on . Posted in Gadgets, Sports, Technology

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“The Invisible Helmet”

The helmet, despite being a smart wear and crucial for risk takers, is often associated with being uncool and looking funny. What these people don’t realize is that breaking your neck and dying is similarly uncool. Lucky for those unwilling to buckle in, two Swedish designers have come up with a gadget that could revolutionize the head protection industry.

Algae That Creates Light While Eating CO2

Written by Michael Awada on . Posted in Gadgets, Science

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Carbon dioxide molecules have been scientifically proven to trap and retain heat. On Earth, this emulates a greenhouse effect of letting heat energy in, but not out.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most well-known ‘greenhouse gas’, a byproduct of burning fossil fuels such as gasoline, methane and propane. The greater the number of these heat trapping molecules that exist, the more the Earth’s temperatures will continue to rise.

Trees naturally eat carbon dioxide, but on a per tree basis, they don’t consume much, about one ton in their lifetime. In order to keep the number of heat absorbing molecules down, we need more CO2 eaters here on the Earth. French biochemist Pierre Calleja has looked to algae for an innovation to curb this molecular issue.