ThermaHelm is a new type of motorcycle helmet, since it has a built-in cooling system to keep your brain nice and cool post-accident. The technology can save a motorcyclist life, since most motorcycle deaths occur when the brain swells after an incident and before the ambulance arrives. Basically two pockets, one filled with water, and the other filled with ammonium nitrate ignite to create a cooling effect to stop any swelling from happening.

This $490 invention will be available in the United Kingdom soon, and they are even in works to improve the design with a video camera, GPS, and Bluetooth included. Meaning, as you lie there with your brain on ice, you can replay the video to why this happened while talking to your mom. This is definitely an improvement in helmet design. In fact, it is quite amazing! The only thing that could make this more amazing would be a commercial with a watermelon staying deliciously chilled after it fell down. Did anybody else grow up with those bicycle safety videos that used watermelon, instead of childrens' heads, to show what happens when you don't wear a helmet (I'll give you the ending, it does not pan out well for the watermelon)? Such a classic!

 

Every time they take blood, I end up with thirty different holes and a bruise to remember the nurse by. Next time, I'm asking for the VeinViewer. Designed by Luminetx, this baby uses infrared technology as well as some technology they won't disclose (hm?) to find veins from the outside. Trippy, right? This will prevent physicians from poking you a hundred times trying to find your baby veins. I can't wait to see my veins from the outside! Do you think it is like fingerprints and therefore everyone's veins are different? Yea, I didn't think so either. BUT it would make a really interesting Halloween costume if you can somehow project your veins on the outside! Skeletons are out, veins are in! And I'm sure all the vampires out there are stoked about this invention.

According to research conducted at Northwestern University, diamonds help heal wounds faster. Amazing right? The phenomenon occurs since nanodiamonds bond effectively with insulin, which is used to treat nasty wounds.The scientist Dean Ho bonded insulin with nanodiamonds to create clusters that release insulin slowly (A good thing!) to more targetted areas (Second good thing!) without being evasive to the patient (Ding, Ding! We have a winner). The reason nanodiamond-insulin clusters can target infected areas more efficiently than just insulin by itself is because the nanodiamond-insulin cluster needs a base ph level for a reaction, and this base ph level is found only in infected tissue.  

     

And that kids, is your science lesson for the day! See diamonds aren't just a girl's best friend, they are everybody's best friend! Think of all the people this new procedure will help! Check out www.inventionresource.com if you have a brillant medical idea that will improve the lives of others, or if you just want to invent like me.

And I have to say it, will we be just as sparkly and beautiful as him?

 

Yea, I wish.

 (Photo courtesy of Twifans.com)

Beware, kids! Here is a medical advancement that allows parents to hold or display (it resembles art to me!) a three dimensional version of their unborn child. Developed by a student at Royal College of Art, this rapid prototyping technology uses ultrasound and MRI scans to create a life-size plaster model of a fetus. Similar to a printer, rapid prototyping prints layers and layers of plastic powder until a model is formed. 

It does seem like a cool idea, but somehow I can't stop picturing Gollum from the Lord of the Rings. Am I right? 

On the plus side, medical professionals believe this new technology will enable parents to better understand health problems with their unborn child that should be addressed in the early stages.

Still, could you imagine having your naked 3D fetus displayed in your mother's dining room for all eternity?

New medical inventions are always a good thing despite my pessimism-- I can't help it, it is Friday and I cannot wait to celebrate! But seriously, if you have an idea, please share. The world could always use new products!

  

Aging rockstars, diabetic bikers, and any young diabetic wanting to look cool will rejoice in this new invention: blood sugar monitoring through a tattoo. It's a permanent one-time tattoo that contains nano-ink that measures blood glucose levels and changes color to alert changes in blood sugar. In my personal opinion, it may have a sports nutrition use as well, as athletes and the health conscious are now paying attention to glycemic index and all that. For diabetics, this tattoo eliminates the need for puncture blood tests saving diabetics a lot of pain, time, and money. They're going to have to make the tattoos really cool though for people to catch on...

As much as I love technology (and I really do), these are the types of inventions that really mean something to me. To make people's lives easier, especially when dealing with medical and health issues, has got to be one of the most satisfying feelings there is. Aside from making millions, I'd like to have the satisfaction of helping so many people. Start brainstorming about ancillary products that would facilitate this new invention, and let's talk!

Enjoy this gorgeous summer day!  Danni....

Hey Inventors and Geek Genuises whom I adore:

While you're planning and designing your next great invention, don't overlook the highly lucrative "Mom category". A recent marketing study stated that 85% of American household budgets are managed by the wives and moms. Moms are a busy, overloaded group of women that care about their families, their quality of life, and their health and appearance. Especially today, when we all want to look young as long as possible. Do you have a great invention idea for busy Moms? It would sell like hotcakes. 

Check out this new invention "The Stroller Trike". It's much better than jogging and dragging the tykes along on a "leash" (that's what I call those kiddie leads that attach the kids to their mother...). Just kidding Moms!

What the !*#&*%...??? That's what I first said when I saw this new product.

No this isn't a freaky flashback, or a smoke-induced hallucination. This is a new invention to gas kids at the dentist office while they play a Gameboy. Somehow I think this will sell more for "aftermarket" uses (like exports to Amsterdam). Don't eat that funky brownie... get to work on your idea.

Biomed technology is so cool!  In the 1940's it was hypothesized that our ears emit unique sounds based on the vibrations of hair folicles inside. It wasn't until the introduction of supersensitive microphones that these unique ear emission sounds could be detected. A UK scientist is researching whether these unique sounds can be used as an identity verification over the phone much like a retinal scan in person. Read more.

In other invention news...did you know that the birth control pill was invented in Mexico? It's amazing the array of inventions that are high-tech, low-tech, and everywhere in between to save lives, make our days easier, etc. Your invention ideas as worth merit.  Keep inventing peeps!

Hey bloggers and tech fans!  Life imitates art (science) once again. 

A company named SRI International is developing what they call a "Trauma Pod" where robot surgeons in a mobile pod will provide life-saving medical procedures to injured soldiers until they can be transported to a hospital for more extensive care. 

The robots are still operating on dummies.  I wonder who is going to be the first (gulp) ‘volunteer’.

Designer Steven Grech has come up with a new pill dispenser that aims to improve patient compliance as it features an alert system via SMS to remind the user to pop

designated pills are pre-programmed times of the day. The device will also record when you took your medication, showing the pharmacist the correct intervals. Unfortunately, it isn't sentient enough to know that the naughty patient has flushed those pills down the toilet instead of taking them with a glass of water, but we should see this device do well among the elderly should it ever be released.

Genius! If you have a clever idea too and you'd like me to blog about please e-mail it to me. And as always, if you're a budding inventor yourself and need more info on prototypes or how to sell your ideas click here!

Love and Hugs - Danni