We’ve discussed a lot of cutting edge medical treatments here at bionic-blog.com and I do believe we are nearing the age of many advancements in medical implants that will change the way we face injuries and disabilities. But no matter what you do to enhance your body, it won’t work without a healthy heart. I […]

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In the issue of making decisions in the reduction of risk for a particular piece of information, there are bound to be people that would act as ‘information owners” which are usually the persons most associated with the information such as the Head of Human Resources owning personnel information. The most appropriate owners are […]

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Surveillance per se is about monitoring of behavior. However, the introduction of several advances in technology has brought to the fore its many other aspects, such as counter surveillance and inverse surveillance. Counter surveillance is the practice of avoiding surveillance or making surveillance difficult.
Before the advent of computer networks, it was basically about […]

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The number one problem most businesses encounter when it comes to their data is how to allow remote access to their corporate information without compromising on security. On the one hand there is the constant concern of security breaches while not curbing corporate operations. This can be done through the extremely reliable systems available through […]

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Eye doctors usually focus mainly on two types of aberration: astigmatism and defocus since this is what a standard optical system allows. With the introduction of a new system that makes use of adaptive optics, visual distortions that are so subtle, physicians didn’t even know existed are detected.
Essentially, the procedure would involve directing […]

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The fact that t-shirts can be fun and cool is not a new concept. Besides being comfortable and simple pieces of clothing, t-shits have long become a canvas for the wild, extreme and original. I remember when the latest thing was to wear one of those “my parents came back from Paris and all I […]

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A complete virtual-based, whole-body human model developed at the Virtual Soldier Research Laboratory called the Santos combines highly realistic appearance, real-time simulation and a relatively complex musculoskeletal structure. This model can provide a unique tool to scientists studying the human body and feedback to engineers who are tasked to design and improve products since […]

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Aside from resolution, HDTV signals are also defined by scan types. Whereas traditional analog CRT monitors use interlaced scanning, modern HDTV designs use a system called progressive scanning.
There are at least two concepts that needs to be understood in scanning – that which refers to frames and fields. Frames are complete, full-screen images […]

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The Bleex is a wearable robotic system that turns its wearer into a person of incredible strength. It makes possible the carrying of load of up to 200 pounds with no more effort or strain that it would take to carry 10 pounds. Its mechanism is based on the understanding of the human […]

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Most recent TV technologies are fixed-pixel displays. This means that these TVs do not have an electron beam moving across a screen but would have millions of individual picture elements or pixels that light up to create a picture. By the very nature of their physical design, the displays are fixed since the […]

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