Monthly Archives: September 2012
The dissolving medical implants: planned obsolescence for good
Real-life science. More incredible than the stuff of sci-fi thrillers. >> Discover Magazine: Dissolving electronics – medical sensors that disintegrate after a fixed time / Ed Yong
Category science
Tags Ed Yong, electronics, John Rogers, planned obsolescence, University of Illinois
The training glove: better than steroids
Stanford University biologists H. Craig Heller and Dennis Grahn have created a glove which quickly cools down body temperature and speeds up the recovery time of muscle fatigue. Using the glove, the test subject went from “doing 180 pull-ups total… Continue reading
Category food for thought, life, science
Tags body temperature, cooling, dennis grahn, glove, h. craig heller, muscle fatigue, stanford university, steroids, vacuum