• Saliva Cardiac Nano-Bio-Chip

    By Posted on 11.9.2008 Comments

    This year, San Antonio EMT crews began using a spit test that detects cardiac arrest faster, more accurately and more cheaply than other diagnostic tests. Engineered by researchers at the University of Texas, the chip can measure proteins in saliva that signal heart attacks long before the ambulance pulls into the ER. tastechip.com

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    12.2.2008 at 06:29pm - Comment by fireman028

    As a Firefighter/EMT-I in Texas, I think this technology is great. It will allow non paramedic EMTs (who do not have the capability to read ekgs) to more accurately detect heart attacks before the patient goes unconcious. Every second counts, in terms of what we can/should do.

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    Dude, Where's My Flying Car (and Jetpack and Armies of Robots)?

    By Posted on 12.2.2008 2 Comments

    The future wasn’t supposed to look like this. Here we are, one month from the very futuristic-sounding 2009, still waiting for robot armies to do our bidding, nuclear fusion to power our homes and a space elevator to zip us up through the atmosphere. Decades, even centuries ago scientists were promising that certain life changing technologies would be ready to go any day. It might seem that the future is running a little behind schedule. But never fear! It is, indeed, only a matter of time. So today, allow us to present to you eight technologies that were supposed to be up and running by now, but still haven’t become part of daily life; along with info on when we can expect the technologies to actually arrive.

    12.1.2008 at 04:48pm - Comment by fireman028

    Right now its not practical to say "twenty nine" because it sounds like "29" but in 2010, do you think that people will say "two-thousand-ten" or "twenty ten"? "Twenty-ten" sounds so much more cool and futuristic. Haha, i just did an office poll calling every extension in our firm and so far its about 60/40 for "two-thousand-ten" for the simple reason of complacency, for nine years everyone has already gotten used to saying "two-thousand..." Food for thought.



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