Technology moves so fast these days – blink and you’ll miss it. But two separate teams of researchers at British universities are building intricate systems that could allow disabled people to control their wheelchairs with their eyes. We speak to both centres and asks what the future holds for eye tracking technology…
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Here is another good reason to take extra care of your pearly whites – a new study suggests that teeth could help treat spinal cord injuries. The study, conducted at Nayoga University in Japan under the guidance of Akihito Yamamoto and Kiyoshi Sakai, found evidence that dental pulp cells (extracted from the centre of adult wisdom teeth) stop nerve cells from dying, regenerate severed nerves and encourage the growth of other cells that support the spinal cord.
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Against all of my food intuitions, I can’t help but be completely in love with jellied cranberry sauce. All of my senses tell me it’s something I should stay away from; its firm gel-like consistency, the fact that comes from a can, the fact that it’s shaped like a can and that it often has lots of sugar. However, their balance between sweet and tart is an incredibly satisfying flavor I can’t get enough of!
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If you have multiple sclerosis, will drinking wine make the disease worse? How about smoking? Or eating fish? How do daily choices affect your condition?
Researchers from Belgium and the Netherlands wanted to take an in-depth look at some of the most common daily life choices, and learn how they affected the progression of disease in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Los Angeles – As far back as grade school, young Bran-Don Aubert, aka Professor X, always had a big dream. Hailing from the crime-riddled streets of South Central Los Angeles he wrote his first rhymes in the second grade. Developing a passion for rap while listening to songs by Eazy-E, De La Soul and Too Short, he knew in his heart and soul that if he worked on his rap skills he would one day become a big hip hop star.
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My journey in the MS Movement began almost 20 years ago with a National MS Society funded fellowship to study myelin at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. As I’ve reflected on this journey since becoming the Society’s Chief Research Officer, I’ve been struck by how much has changed in MS research over the last two decades – how much has been accomplished to help people continue to move their lives forward.
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BREMERTON – U.S. Navy shipyard workers are becoming modern day “iron men” using “ekoseletons” to maintain the nation’s ships at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF). Ekoskeletons are backpack-carried mechanical supports that augment a technician’s ability to carry and operate heavy mechanical tools. Developed by the U.S. Army, the Human Universal Load Carrier (HULC)/Zero-G exoskeleton system operates with a balanced zero-g arm technology and titanium legs that transfer physical effort to the ground.
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