Winter Woes
Though Boston’s 105 inches of snow is melting, it’s been quite a Winter. Indeed, for those in New England and around the US, looking toward Spring and reaching for hope has become a passion. Here are a couple of videos revealing the miracles of technology to brighten anyone’s winter doldrums.
Miracles of Technology: Cochlear Implants
Cochlear implants are standard treatment for severe to profound nerve deafness. These implants receive sounds, process them and sends small electrical signals near the auditory nerve inside the inner ear. The experience of hearing for the first time is profound.
Neuro headsets Potential
Presently Neuro headsets are bringing hope to people who are locked-in by disabilities like ALS and MS. Several large companies, including Philips Healthcare are moving forward with pushing the envelope to increase mobility and communication using wearable EEG systems.
Hope for Spring
Spring is coming. Research is changing lives. Through it all, try to remember that we live in exciting times.
**Medivizor does not endorse nor has any affiliation with the technology presented here.
Greetings Kathleen,
Thank you for sharing. I came across your post as I randomly was scanning my feed relaxing after studying some things the last 24 hours. I was trying to find some scientifically valid statistics regarding the exponential increase in technological innovations or miracles as you called them.
Because the rate of miraculous change is happening at such astronomical pace finding anyone that has pin pointed the rate in percent of increase is difficult. I heard a rumor new innovations are being developed or more astounding developing themselves thanks to #IoT at an increase of 219% per month.
About 7 years ago I was preparing a presentation and over laid several graphs randomly picking things both good and bad. I was disaster coordinator of a faith based organization so first I pulled graphs of natural disasters, then births, education, crime, pollution, a couple chronic diseases, innovation, economic distribution, and more. I was amazed to find nearly every thing I chose followed the same trajectory while many still struggle for access to care.
This week rhetoric in Washington suggested those living rural, poorest and elderly in regions outside the margins of large Cities will be the first to have funds cut or entirely eliminated. I shake my head and ask with all this innovation why is access so difficult. I have seen for myself the wonders of #telehealth and other designs that would help significantly.
As I worked from the heart of one of the countries largest metro and also covered the outlying counties that were rural outreaches, it was the rural people that tended to have less chronic illnesses and when they did get disease and debilitating illness the overall statistics showed people were usually 20 years on average older than inner city dwellers.
I am so grateful you are bringing new innovations to the forefront showing how miraculous innovation has become. Now I pray that innovation will become accessible to more and more and can help fill the gaps widening in access and chronic disease.
Thank you for allowing me to express my concerns and offer it as a challenge to innovators. We definitely need a miracle soon!
MoRst espectfully yours, Camea