Epoch Now

Science, Technology & Medicine

[orkneyb]

[orkneyb]

[orkneyb]

How Twitter Knows When You A€™re Depressed

Scientists can now accurately predict if you have the blues just by looking at your Twitter feed

[orkneyb]

This is ridiculous. Queues for a and e are the highest since 2003. Many patients are left waiting in the ambulance unable to see a doctor, so I’m glad that the healthcare system is piloting 8am-8pm/ 7 days a week gp schemes to reduce the a and e unnecessary intake.

[orkneyb]

I could really see hospitals turning more technological in turns of feedback. Think about it... imagine if every department in every hospital had a Twitter account. Patients would have the chance to ask questions and feedback on what is wrong and right in the department. Staff would be able to monitor this and make relevant changes.

Easy. An instant 'human network', just like London Midland trains have...   

[orkneyb]

[orkneyb]

NIce animated graph showing Wealth and Health of Nations over 300 years

[orkneyb]

[orkneyb]

Hope for malaria vaccine by 2015

[orkneyb]

[orkneyb]

[orkneyb]

Is There Life Out There? The Search For Habitable Exoplanets

MIT professor Sara Seager's presentation for TEDxCambridge 2013

[orkneyb]

[orkneyb]

Solowheel (2012) (by Inventist Inc)

An alternative way to get around town.

[orkneyb]

Dinner Is Printed

Will 3-D printing save the world? Bring in the apocalypse? Or is it just a gadget that spits out cheap plastic trinkets? An investigation.

In a medical sense this could be big news! In the future patient's nutritional data could be used in conjunction with the 3D printer in order to 'print' the most nutritious beneficial meal for them. 

[orkneyb]

Especially with the improvements in 3D printing, this is a real possibility in the future of medicine! No more casts that itch and scratch and become an inconvenience. Simply scan your broken limb and make a cast for your exact breakage. This will also reduce the likelihood of a cast misfitting, and reduce unnecessary time at the hospital.   

[orkneyb]

RXmindMe App (by indataprojectESC)

Almost everyone nowadays has a smartphone. In fact there are more iPhone's being sold every day than babies born! This is a neat little app designed really for the elderly. It reminds you what medication you need to take and when to take it. GP's could write all the relevant information on the patients' smartphone and just let the app do its job.