Technology News

Cosmetic Surgery Helping Burn Patients in a New Way

There are many doctors that will tell you that burn victims can suffer through a lot of pain much after the occurrence.  Many of these burn victims can get addicted to pain medication and sometimes even commit suicide.  Michael Jackson’s death has brought some light into the suffering that is caused by severe burns.  Michael Jackson was prescribed strong medication for his burns and seemingly admitted to being addicted to the pain medication a few years later.  There are many people that believe this was one of the main causes of his untimely death this year.

Cosmetic Surgeons have begun experimenting with some new techniques that help relieve pain with some of there burn victims.  In some instances Botox injections have been used to help numb the area of where the skin tissue was affected.  Mark Simons, of Manhattan Cosmetic Surgeon clinic,  has stated that these injections can sometimes be very helpful to the patient.  Mark has done more that a few pro-bono cosmetic surgeries on burn victims.  Even though most of these surgeries are cosmetic and reconstructive they can be very helpful to try to bring some normalcy to a patients life.

Weight Loss Getting Electronic Twist

There are many different weight loss systems that will help you lose weight.  In the past few years there have been some new, very useful gadgets that can help you get to your ideal weight faster.  These systems help you monitor how much weight loss by telling you the actual calories that you burn in a given day.  Products like the Body bugg, which was featured on the hit show the biggest loser have done wonders for many people who have decided to take weight loss to the next stage.  Personal fitness trainer, Mark Rubens says, the technology has taken personal fitness to the next level by letting people see the results of there hard work in real time.  Weight loss solutions like Nutrasystem and Weigh Watchers can help you with your caloric in take but these gadgets help you directly see how your exercise pays off.  There are even new scales that help you determine your body fat percentage, weight, as well as how many calories you burned in that given day.  The more accurate the results are the more positive reinforcement the person gets. With positive reinforcement people are more likely to continue exercising and dropping the weight much faster.

Margaret Atwood’s Remote Control Autograph Machine

Margaret Atwood has developed a remote-controlled autograph signing machine.  The way it works is simply amazing.  Atwood has a book signing scheduled at a major Barnes & Noble or Books A Million store.  People line up to get a glimpse of Margaret and have her autograph their favorite book.  When they arrive they realize that Margaret Atwood is not the location is appearing via satellite.  The book is placed in a machine and the robotic arm signs the book with whatever the customer wants.  How is that possible?  Well truthfully it’s quite simple.  The author, celebrity, writes whatever the person wants at their location.  This is translated via Internet to the computer software which relays that to the pen.  The information is then transferred on to a given item.  This also lets you get celebrity autograph while being in a different place.  A very innovative way for people to meet some of their favorite celebrities and interact in a very futuristic way.  Think if you can get a baseball card autograph from  a kiosk or card show without the player even being there.  Or going to a kiosk in your local mall and having access to speak to a list of Hall of Famers which will then autograph any item that you bring in.  Amazing Technology at our Finger Tips!