Posts Tagged ‘Technology’

Hi James Cameron, I liked your movie – so here’s a 3D medical application.

TrueVision Systems, Inc. is helping budding ophthalmologists in the operating room by providing a new tool to help observe surgeries. The Santa Barbara CA based company is offering “3DHD” – a technology that projects a 3D image from an LCD screen (think Avatar the movie – hence the James Cameron reference). Its initial design is most beneficial for instructional purposes. Residents and students are able to observe delicate surgeries enlarged in great 3D detail, of course with the help of polarized 3D glasses.

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Check out their page for a video in the operating room. Drew Carey bonus points if you know the bands playing in the background, I’ve got the song titles – Amber and Facedown. I’d like to hang with these MDs, they know good music.

Brought to you via MedGadget and TrueVision.

Seeing the Future: Retinal Implants to Provide Vision for the Blind

Models of the implant. Photo courtesy of wired.com

Model of the implant. Photo courtesy of wired.com

Yesterday, I came across a Wired article about a microchip in development at MIT that can be implanted in the eye, giving some vision to the blind.

 
What a truly beautiful use of technology. Using the hard tools of titanium and electrodes, science will be able to give the visually-impaired a chance to experience what most of us take for granted—being able to see enough to navigate in an unfamiliar room.
 
It made me stop and consider how technology has become an equalizer in so many ways. Check out the article to learn more.

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