Microsoft’s view of the future for healthcare is all about communicating with each other
Like the Diabetic medicine cylinders (1:36 mark) that glow red when empty. Perfect for reminding patients to refill their medicine. Or patients and clinical researchers “talking” to their doctors without meeting in person (2:30 mark).
Now put it all on the go and you’ve got a winner.
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Since we’re talking about bioengineering this week, we searched for videos that have something to do with that field. Somehow we found this fascinating video on Optogenetics: controlling the brain with light.
We’ll let Karl Deisseroth talk about his findings and invention:
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Bioengineering sounds esoteric but really, it isn’t.
According to Wikipedia’s Bioengineering entry:
biological engineers attempt to either mimic biological systems in order to create products or modify and control biological systems so that they can replace, augment, or sustain chemical and mechanical processes.
Like spectacles – invented since 1200 for scholars and monks – or its modern evolution: the contact lenses. Or wooden teeth and ceramic dentures. Or an Egyptian pharaoh’s false toe to an Italian robotic hand that moves when we think “grab”. Or an artificial heart to replace a faulty heart riddled with holes. There are many more examples at UCreateChange.com Health posts.
You can see that bioengineering’s has been around for yonks. It’s just that we’re taking its inventions and products for granted for yonks as well.
It’s changed since.
Bioengineering is now a recognised field that doctors, surgeons and common folk rely on to make a difference in our lives. So instead of doing inane “turn off your lights for one hour in a year” (ala Earth Hour), think/find out how we can improve humanity from within.
After all, as a wise Chinese man once said:
“If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person.
If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house.
If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation.
If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.”
So take care of man and the rest will fall in place.
I'm the editor of UCreateChange. And I started this blog with the intention of putting up my past weekly roundups 'cause it's a shame they're simply disappearing into people's inboxes. Anyways, if you've a question on engineering, drop me a line at creators.of.tomorrow@gmail.com!
