(image source | Sindya N. Bhanoo via The New York Times)
Remember when you didn’t have to leave your house when you were sick because your doctor made house calls? Yea, well I don’t either, but I saw it in a movie once. However, getting to a doctor is a routine part of many individuals lives, especially the elderly. Many need to have weekly tests performed to manage health conditions. Beyond the inconvenience of constantly needing to visit your doctor and adhering to their appointment hours, many who experience severe difficulties with their mobility simply cannot make these trips without help and/or more suffering. Beyond the burden on the patient, this routine visits incur financial and administrative strains on doctors and hospitals, raising health care costs and delaying service for everyone. As a solution Denmark is pioneering in “telemedicine”. The NY Times recently ran an article in regards to the evolution of electronic medical records into home medical tests. Through the use of technologies and a few computer accessories individuals can take certain exams in the privacy of their own home and electronically submit the information gathered to their physician. Prescriptions can even be electronically sent to pharmacies to be filled, and if that pharmacy delivers, well you get the point about how these technologies can be a great benefit for all. Be sure to read The New York Times article after the jump for a personal take on this emerging technology.
Photographer Adam Voorhes has been working on a series of works titled “Exploded”. Despite the implications of the name, this experiment does not involve dynamite or explosives of any kind, but rather shots of the internal workings of random devices and in some cases animals. Check out the full series and other works by Adam on his website.
The secret lives of invisible magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic
ever-changing geometries . All action takes place around NASA’s Space Sciences Laboratories, UC Berkeley, to recordings of space scientists describing their discoveries . Actual VLF audio recordings control the evolution of the fields as they delve into our inaudible surroundings, revealing recurrent ‘whistlers’ produced by fleeting electrons . Are we observing a series of scientific experiments, the universe in flux, or a documentary of a fictional world?
Having just sold my VW GTi over the past week, I have been feeling quite nostalgic towards all the times spent in my beloved ride. Despite knowing she is in good hands and fulfilling her purpose as a car (aka being driven), it has still been like losing a dear friend. Times have changed and my need and desire to own a car has passed, not to mention the cost of keeping a vehicle in NYC that added to my need to sell the car. To cope, I have been spending some time looking up VW and their projects over the last few days. That is how I came across the Moritz Martin design 1 Liter Racing League concept of the Dub.
The 1 Liter Racing League is a new motorsport concept with a more ecologically oriented approach to racing. Inspired by the insanity of Swamp Buggy, Land Speed Record Races and the Eco Marathon, the 1 Liter Race car challenges the tactical skill of the driver to finish the race using just the energy from one liter of fuel. Inspired by the effortless gliding of skim boards, the driver can lift the wheels and slide over the thin water film of a salt lake or beachside racing ground to save energy. The car features retractable wheels for aerodynamic efficiency at high speed and a rear wheel-mounted air nozzle for frictionless steering during slides. The racetrack is projected onto the drivers head-up display, which allows a more flexible layout and forms a link between real life motorsport and video gaming. Like a game pad, the steering unit is programmable and can operate multi-directional operations at the same time.
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