Dispensary Corner 11 Jun 10
June 11, 2010
A RESEARCH team in the USA
has come up with a some new lifesaving
underpants.
They’re based on so-called
“intelligent textiles” and include an
electronic biosensor imprinted on
the elastic waistband, which can
measure blood pressure, heart rate
and other vital signs.
The project at the University of
California San Diego has been
funded by the US military, with
nano-engineering professor Joseph
Wang saying it “involves
monitoring the injury of soldiers
during battlefield surgery.
“The goal is to develop
minimally invasive sensors that can
locate, in the field, and identify the
type of injury,” he said.
However it’s likely the technology
will find a host of civilian
applications too, with Wang saying
similar systems could be used for
“remote monitoring of the elderly
at home..[or] monitoring a wide
range of biomedical markers.”
A 23-YEAR-OLD man accused of
cutting the hair of unsuspecting
bus passengers in Portland,
Oregon in the USA has been
sentenced to 2 years in prison.
Jared Walter apparently cut
“large clumps” of hair from three
women over the last 12 months.
The offence caused some issues
for prosecutors, because state law
doesn’t specifically deal with theft
of a stranger’s hair.
He was eventually charged with
third-degree robbery.
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