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Playing Pong using just your eyes
Millions of people suffering from Multiple Scleorosis, Parkinson #39;s, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injuries or amputees could soon interact with their computers and surroundings using just their eyes thanks to a new device that costs just £43. Comprised of off-the-shelf materials, the new device, can work out exactly where a person is looking by tracking their eye movements, allowing them to control a cursor on a screen just like a normal computer mouse. The researchers demonstrated the device by getting students to play the computer game Pong using just their eyes. Credit: Dr Aldo Faisal, leader of the Neurotechnology laboratory at the Dept of Bioengineering and the Dept. of Comptuing Imperial College.From:shaggar70Views:20 1ratingsTime:00:26More inEducation

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The symposium aims to bring together Bioengineering students and scholars on a common platform, where they can interact, present their results and exchange information. The symposium focuses on the various modern techniques that are currently developed and applied in the field of life sciences. The topics to be covered for paper poster presentations: #61656; Genetic Engineering #61656; Genomics and proteomics #61656; Tissue Engineering #61656; Environmental Engineering #61656; Chemical Engineering #61656; Biofuels #61656; Biomedical Engineering #61656; Medical Biotechnology #61656; Agricultural Biotechnology #61656; Food Dairy Technology #61656; Fermentation Technology #61656; Nanotechnology in medicine #61656; Downstream processing #61656; BioinformaticsFrom:abi varmaViews:36 0ratingsTime:02:59More inEducation

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Titan Spine Cellular Animation
This video is an animated depiction of the superior cellular response to the nano-textured surface of the Titan Spine Endoskeleton spinal interbody implant as compared to PEEK polymers. The animation illustrates the enhanced bone forming reaction caused by the Titan Spine surface and the role that nanotechnology is beginning to play in spinal implant applications. The content of this animation is based on in-vitro studies led by Barbara D. Boyan, Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at the Georgia Institute of Technology.From:TitanSpineLLCViews:6 0ratingsTime:03:22More inScience Technology

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Engineering research at the University of Liverpool (2/3)
Dr Matt Murphy explains some of the engineering research taking place at the University of Liverpool. He explains research in the areas of automotive, construction, smart materials and bioengineering. The talk is given at the University of Liverpool and has been recorded as part of the Into Engineering project. emerg.liv.ac.uk This video is aimed at people who are considering studying engineering at university. The video has been filmed and edited by John Connor for the Engineering and Materials Research Group at the University of Liverpool. emerg.liv.ac.ukFrom:EMERG LivViews:1 0ratingsTime:04:01More inEducation

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Engineering Prototype - Eline Meul student in Bioengineering - Science: It #39;s a girl thing!
In September 2011 we went therefore to Helsinki. It was a beautiful experience where I learned a lot from other European students. ec.europa.eu In my last year of high school, I participated together with two friends in the science expo, a national competition. We had invented a motor: "FROSTAL", which is the abbreviation of Full Rotative Stirloïd Alternator. It is a motor that works on a temperature difference. Curious about it? Just press play, watch, enjoy comment, rate and share! Subscribe ! http://www.youtube.com Check out our website ! http://www.ec.europa.eu Stay tuned by following us on: Science: It #39;s a girl thing! #39;s Facebook: http://www.facebook.com Transcript EN I #39;m Eline Meul. As a student in bioengineering, I #39;m occupied with science every day. At the end of this year I will be 20 years old, so I have still a lot of time ahead to learn and to do many things in the scientific field. Before I went to university, at high school, I studied science and mathematics. I already knew when I was little that I wanted to study this. Not economics, not history, only science! In my last year of high school, I participated together with two friends in the science expo, a national competition. We had invented a motor: "FROSTAL", which is the abbreviation of Full Rotative Stirloïd Alternator. It is a motor that works on a temperature difference. With this motor, we won the innovation price and were selected to go to EUCYS, the European Union Contest for Young Scientists. In September 2011 we went ...From:sciencegirlthingViews:18 0ratingsTime:01:03More inScience Technology

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- What happens when astronauts are hurtling toward Mars on a years-long space voyage and one is injured, requiring emergency surgery in a environment lacking gravity?

It may sound like science fiction, but it's one of the challenges NASA faces in its goal of putting astronauts on Mars by 2035. And it has spurred a University of Louisville researcher to test a potentially lifesaving surgical device aimed at helping make zero-gravity surgery possible.

George Pantalos, a professor of surgery and bioengineering, and colleagues from Carnegie Mellon University are conducting four days of tests this week in Houston aboard a NASA zero-gravity jet known as the "vomit comet," which flies in gut-churning parabolic arcs to generate 20 to 30 seconds of weightlessness.

They're testing prototypes of an "aqueous immersion surgical system" -- an airtight and watertight dome with surgical ports that would be filled with saline and surround a wound in a zero-gravity environment. The idea is to stop bleeding and contain fluids that would otherwise float through the spacecraft, potentially endangering the patient and crew.

To test the concept, the researchers used plastic containers inside a prenatal care box. The researchers, held in place by foot straps, successfully controlled artificial blood coursing through a simulated vein Tuesday. On Wednesday, they conducted a simulated surgical procedure on a pig's heart.

"We're grateful that it turned out so well," Pantalos said by phone Tuesday night from Ellington Field at the Johnson Space Center Reduced Gravity Program, adding that he hopes the device eventually could be used in other challenging environments, such as war zones.

Pantalos, 60, is working on the device with Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Mellon bioengineering researchers James Antaki, Jennifer Hayden and James Burgess.

Although the United States has retired its space shuttle program, President Obama in 2010 announced that his goal is to have a manned flight reach an asteroid by 2025 and Mars by the mid-2030s, a round-trip mission likely to take several years.

Interest in Mars has grown recently with NASA's successful landing of the Curiosity rover, which landed on the red planet in August after an eight-month journey.

Pantalos is one of many researchers working on the challenges of extended space travel. Those include health care concerns, such as the rapid loss of bone density, wounds that heal slowly in space and the possibility of having to do medical procedures using remote-controlled robots.

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