Ah, How The E. Coli Glows Under UV Light
On the medical side of light for a change – up in Houghton, Michigan, scientists at Michigan Technical University have developed a way to make the E. coli bacteria glow like little indigo lightbulbs...
View ArticleMini UV-C Disinfectant Wand
I feel like there has been a ton of info on ultraviolet light lately as a germicidal method. I just ran across an article giving a review on this little mini-UV class C light that sanitizes surfaces:...
View ArticleLight Activation Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease
A team of optogeneticists in California have discovered a technique that activates brain cells with flashes of light. Using these photoreactive proteins called channelrhodopsins, scientists are able...
View ArticleDigital Lightbox
Doctors use such a simple concept to read x-ray imagery and other tests to diagnose what needs to be diagnosed – a light box. I just read about something called Digital Lightbox, employing the same...
View ArticleAn LED Surgical Headlight Camera System?
A good friend and emergency room doctor asked me one time – “can you design an LED high-output head-mounted fixture that I can use in the ER to look into areas of the body?” My friend’s question came...
View ArticleWhat Exactly are Eye Floaters?
“I’ll look over there!” “I’ll move over HERE!” “You got an answer for everything.” So. Have you ever been looking at a book, the sky, or anything really, and seen what most people call “eye floaters?”...
View ArticleBionic Eye Man Wirelessly Records His World
This is an awesome quick minute of video of a man who lost his eye in a shooting accident. He had his eye socket fitted with a wirelessly transmitting video recorder. Now this is an idea that I can...
View ArticleSecond Sight Medical Products Delivers a Kick to the Giftbag for Retinitis...
This is very exciting news for the realm of artificial vision. I have someone I look up to that suffers from Retinitis Pigmentosa, and it sucks to see this degenerative disease affect this man’s...
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