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NOW RETINAL PROSTHESIS IS ACTIVATED BY LIGHT

n a mere half-decade, the use of light to stimulate the brain has moved from basic science to the frontiers of bioengineering. By inserting into brain cells a light-sensitive protein originally found in swamp algae, engineers and scientists have begun to manipulate neurons with a dexterity that could soon vastly outstrip the capabilities of today’s electrical brain stimulation methods. This month, Patrick Degenaar reported early progress toward a non-invasive prosthetic retina that uses light to force retinal ganglion cells to fire on command, presented at the IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems conference.

INCREASE IN PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT SCHOOLS IN INDIA

The rise of personality schools in India is making sure introverts are turned overnight into confident extroverts. At Pria Warrick’s personality school, students are trained in extrovertism. “There’s no place in today’s world for quiet, shy people. We train people to engage socially. An introvert is ready to leave a party after an hour and the extrovert gains steam as the night goes on. We have a worksheet for introverts and teach them how to converse, stand and even how to leave a party. We tell them what to talk with people. Introverts have low self-esteem, but some of them are over-achievers.”

Thoughts from a PhD student in BME

Don’t suppress the passions inside you while aiming to be the best

This morning, I quietly sat beside my advisor at the research meeting. When I think about the fact that I am nowhere on track to get a Master’s, let alone a PhD, I realize that my time is truly being wasted. My advisor is not interested in me, and now I am not interested in his research. I have all but checked out. I can no longer concentrate in classses, and it’s hard for me to even pretend to care.

Rewind:

As I applied to graduate schools, it was particularly difficult for me to find  the “perfect program”. I was fairly new to research in the sense that my priority in undergrad was not printing out publications, and reading up on new advancements in the field, but the most important thing was getting good grades. For a while, I stopped watching television, had no idea what was going on in the world, or even in my backyard because my outside interests were not important. First, I had to get the grades and the degree to do what I wanted to.

But what did I want to do? What am I meant to do? More than likely, something that is reflected in my academic strengths… something with the physical, biological, and mathematical sciences. Hey, I’ve always been a tech person, loved working with cars in high school, loved using my tools when something broke, why not engineering? On the other side, I value human life so, and would like to encourage health, and quality of life… I made up my mind and decided to pursue Biomedical Engineering.

HOW TO LEARN BONES OF SKELTAL SYSTEM EASILY? ANATOMY FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERS

LEARN BONES

LearnBones.com provides a resource on the bones of the human skeleton. Learn about the bones, memorize their names, and see their positions in the human body.

http://www.learnbones.com/

  • A BONE- A GAME BASED LEARNING OF ANATOMY

http://www.anatomyarcade.com/games/WAB/WAB.html

USE OF LAPTOP LYING DOWN CAUSES SCROTAL HYPERTHEMIA IN MALES….

If you are a male reader & presently reading this post by placing the laptop below your waist lying down  then your scrotum can be in danger.

image courtesy: fourwallsnolimits.net

This effect is not due to the placement of laptop over scrotum but due to the position of legs in which the person lies down and uses laptop..

A study just published online in the journal Fertility and Sterility investigated ways to avoid the testicles from overheating while using a laptop computer.