NEED A NURSE WHO NEVER SLEEP????

NEED A NURSE WHO NEVER SLEEP????

"Japan has become the world's most aged society, with senior citizens aged 65 and over constituting about 23% of the entire population. One prediction holds that two in every five people will be senior citizens in 2050. Meanwhile, Japan has a public nursing care system which everyone aged 40 and older is supposed to join."

The technologies basically helps the elders to go shopping, go to bed (provides automatically rising/ reclining beds) and also nursing care robots. So here, all the senior citizens no longer have to stay home, afraid of any bad repercussions due to their health. 

Elders Can now sleep like a princess

Above is how exactly the bed looks like. Fantastic right!

As well as the youngsters, elders also have a great feeling to go shopping. But one thing that restricted them is their poor health. Now, it no longer become an issue for them. Prof. Yoshiyuki Sankai of the University of Tsukuba had found the antidote solution for that. 

My Nanny is a SHOPOHOLICK!

"Moves are afoot to use high technologies more actively in a wider area of nursing care. Japan is developing robots for nursing care, and self-moving support designed to help elderly people walk or move on their own."

The robot helps a person wearing it walk by detecting bioelectric signals sent from the brain to relevant parts of the body and activating power units attached to the robot's joints. Prof. Sankai, University of Tsubaka/ CYBERDYNE Inc.

I Have A pet Called RIBA. The one that never sleep nor poop!

"RIBA" is a nursing care assistance robot developed to move a person from the bed to other places

This kind of nursing care is designed for those who are
 mentally stress..hehe experienced it almost everyday!! They make them look almost like a real pet but never be the same. Honestly for me I preferred the real animals. Anybody who have a pet would understand right, our pet can never be replaced with a fake animal robot. NO! NEVER! haha

Baby seal robot "PARO" developed by AIST. The body is covered with artificial fur pleasant to touch. © AIST

“Not only nursing care assistance and self-support but also mental care is important for elderly people. Communication robots are being developed for mental care. PARO, a seal shaped robot developed in Japan, is also called a “mental commitment robot” or a therapeutic seal robot, giving joy and comfort to people who play with it. PARO, modeled after a baby harp seal, measures 57 cm and weights 2.7 kg. As a person picks it up, caresses it or speaks to it, the robot seal responds as if it were alive, blinking, moving limbs and tilting its head. It even remember its new name, understands greetings and words of praise, and responds accordingly with a body movement or a trill. Elderly people, devoid of a conversation partner, can communicate with PARO, which appears to be just like a living animal. By caressing its body covered with artificial fur very pleasant to touch, they can release stress, relax and even get cheered up.”

Well?? Come On Malaysian Bio Medic Engineering students?? We are waiting for a better life (and I think it must be cheaper here right? hikhik) 

CAR EVOLUTION - Next generation safety systems

Wallaweh....

Japan is upgrading their car improvement....WOW...LET SCROLL IT DOWN, just want to share this article...

Competition is hotting up in Japan to develop driving assistance systems to detect all hazardous objects, including pedestrians and other vehicles, to avoid a collision. © Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd

Next-generation Japanese cars in the development pipeline are focusing more than ever on safety as much as on environmental friendliness. Car safety previously meant little more than a sturdily built body, airbag protection in the event of collision or improved braking performance. Now, however, Japanese carmakers are busy developing safety systems aimed at avoiding a collision itself. Japanese cars are witnessing a high-tech evolution as seen in sophisticated automatic braking and driver-warning systems made possible with miniaturized cameras and advanced radar technology.

Cameras, Radar Used for Safe Driving Assistance: Collision Avoidance System

An image of milliwave radar detecting the car ahead. The system works well at night and in bad weather. © Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

In 2003, a Japanese carmaker introduced to the market for the first time in the world a car fitted with a collision avoidance system the company developed with milliwave radar. A major attraction of milliwave radar is it can detect objects even in the dark of night or in bad weather such as rain or fog. It can detect objects as far ahead as 100 meters. Using milliwave radar, if the collision avoidance system detects a car within a dangerously close distance, it first warns the driver with a buzzer, and then automatically activates the brakes. If it detects an imminent danger of collision, the system electronically rolls up the seat belts to take out slack, giving a warning to the driver. At the same time, the system reduces the actual impact and damage from a collision. It was an epoch-making system, but failed to be widely used because of its high price (about 300,000 yen), targeted at high-end cars.

The race in Japan to develop collision avoidance systems really heated up in 2008 when an affordably priced system found wide use.

An image of a safe driving assistance system fitted with "stereo cameras" or a pair of miniaturized cameras. The system has won wide support in Japan for its affordable price, boosting interest in safe driving assistance systems as a whole. © Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.

                    

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This system detects objects in front of the vehicle with a pair of miniaturized cameras fitted right behind the windshield. It accurately measures the distance between the car and an obstacle and, if necessary, gives a warning to the driver or, depending on urgency, automatically activates the brakes to avoid a collision. The Japanese carmaker that came up with the system developed a new image-processing LSI chip capable of measuring distance as fast as 30 times per second, and combined it with a pair of cameras for a high-performance and yet lightweight system.

　In 2010, two years after the initial introduction, the company offered it as an option at an affordable price of 100,000 yen. Buyers of models offered with the optional collision avoidance system chose to purchase it at an astonishing rate of over 70%, showing to the public that collision avoidance technology was no longer a special option limited only to expensive cars.

The system boasts the capability of automatically stopping the car, without the driver slamming on the brakes, to avoid a collision if the car in front is dangerously close and the difference in the two cars' speeds is less than 30 kph. To improve the system's situational recognition capability in identifying hazardous objects among those captured with the car-mounted cameras, the company reportedly collected data on driving the equivalent of three times around the globe.

Making Up for Driver's Distraction: Driver-Monitoring Camera

An image of the "Driver-monitoring Camera" developed by Toyota Motor Corp. This camera keeps tabs on the driver's eyelids, mouth and face to detect possible danger based on face direction and the frequency of blinking.

Many car accidents take place as drivers fail to recognize the situation around their vehicles by looking aside or dozing off. A system combining a miniaturized camera and an image-processing computer has been developed to keep tabs on the driver so that he/she does not take their eyes off the road or doze off. This system uses a car-mounted camera to monitor the driver's face direction as well as the upper and lower eyelids. If the driver fails to keep his/her head straight ahead for a while, the system assumes that the driver may have become distracted. Or if the frequency of blinking becomes less than an average, the system assumes the driver may be dozing off. The system then gives a warning to the driver or applies the brakes.

Based on this system, the maker says it aims to be the first in the world to develop another system capable of steering automatically to avoid a collision. Taking note of the fact that many accidents take place during low-speed driving on city streets or in a traffic congestion, where drivers tend to be less attentive, another carmaker developed a safety system activated only at low speeds from 4 to 30 kph. As a sensor, this carmaker employed an inexpensive infrared laser, in place of more costly cameras, limiting its detection capability to a car or an obstacle within six meters in front. The company says the system can avert a collision if the speed is slower than 15 kph and can still reduce collision damage at speeds of 15 to 30 

A picture in an experiment to test the control of a car fitted with a safe driving assistance system applicable only at low speeds. © Mazda Motor Corporation

Reducing Driver’s Blind Areas to Avoid Risk: Moving Object Detection System

An image of the "Around View Monitor" system capturing moving objects around the car. The system is activated automatically when any of the vehicle's camera-assisted sonar units, fitted in all four corners of the car, detects an object. It informs the driver of a possible danger with an alarm sound and a simulated image. © NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.

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In November 2011, a carmaker introduced a moving object detection system, the world's first system capable of showing moving objects all around the car, captured with cameras installed on the four sides of the vehicle and shown on an “Around View Monitor.” The system detects without fail any object coming close to the car, including any in the driver’s non-viewable "blind spots," and warns the driver by showing an image on the display and by sounding an alarm. The system, showing a simulated bird's eye view on the display, can cover any object in the blind areas previously undetectable in the rear-view mirror, such as a pedestrian walking behind a parked car. Thus drivers are made aware of unseen risks.

Japanese cars, which have become popular worldwide because of their fuel efficiency, durability and compact size, are now generating a new wave of interest in the safety technology area.

(October 2012)

GPS your patients????

‘X-ray GPS’ system allows KU Hospital to navigate the heart

New X-ray system is like GPS, giving doctors a base map while cutting patients’ exposure to radiation.

BY SANGEETA SHASTRY

Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy uses a system that pairs GPS and X-ray technology to guide catheters during heart procedures. The system, in use at the University of Kansas Hospital, reduces patients’ exposure to radiation.

Breaking News

The technology that’s been guiding the GPS navigator in your car has started working its way into the hearts of patients at the University of Kansas Hospital.

Doctors there are the first in the country to use a new system that allows them to drastically reduce the amount of radiation used while they insert catheters to treat heart abnormalities.

“There’s been a real movement over the last year or two with doctors trying to crack (down on) how much X-ray exposure patients have over their lifetime,” said Loren Berenbom, director of the hospital’s Richard and Annette Bloch Heart Rhythm Center.

Here’s how it works: Typically, doctors use fluoroscopy, or a rapid sequence of X-rays, to see the heart and find their way around with a catheter. That method, however, results in relatively long periods of radiation — anywhere from 15 or 20 minutes to an hour or more for complex procedures.

With the new system, called MediGuide Technology, doctors need to use radiation just once, for a much shorter time, instead of using it throughout the procedure. The X-ray serves as a base map.

Then they use catheters with sensors at their tips that form a three-dimensional world inside the patient’s body, showing doctors where they are inside the heart and guiding them to the damage they need to repair.

“A lot of the medical technology has moved toward the adoption of GPS technology,” said Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, an electrophysiologist at the hospital. “This is one other way of making a procedure more safe.”

Lakkireddy said the new system, which was approved for use in 2009 by the Food and Drug Administration, was an “enormous” step in efforts to minimize the amount of radiation patients are exposed to during procedures.

MediGuide, from St. Jude Medical Inc., was first used in Leipzig, Germany, where doctors from KU Hospital traveled for training. Seeing the technology at work firsthand made it easier for doctors to adopt it at home, said cardiologist Raghu Dendi.

The first patient at KU was 53-year-old Sarah Howard of Holt, Mo., who has supraventricular tachycardia, a rapid heart rhythm that originates above the ventricles of the heart.

Doctors had used the traditional procedure to treat her condition in the past, and she was excited about the shorter period she’d be exposed to radiation this time.

“When I found out I was the first person in the country, I felt like I won the lottery,” she said, laughing.

Howard’s procedure normally would have required her to be exposed to 15 to 20 minutes of fluoroscopy. It took doctors only four minutes’ worth of radiation with the new technology.

In a procedure done on another patient Monday morning, doctors were able to cut the amount of time spent under radiation by about 90 percent.

“We know it’s safer for the patient,” cardiologist Martin Emert said. “We know it’s safer for us and our staff. It’s a technology that makes things better without being harmful.”

Cardiologist Rhea Pimentel works with young patients for whom the long-term effects of radiation are uncertain.

“You always have that concern when you’re doing these procedures,” she said. “What’s going to happen 20 years from now? This sort of allows us the freedom to do these procedures without the worry.”

The procedure has a sizable price tag, Berenbom said, but the hospital has absorbed most of the cost, and patients shouldn’t see increased charges because of it.

Now, it’s full speed ahead for the hospital. Dendi, Emert and Pimentel returned from Germany on Wednesday, and by Thursday’s end, Emert had done two procedures with the new technology. The doctors looked at the ceiling as they counted out how many times they’ve used MediGuide.

So far, seven.
"No time like the present, right?" Pimentel said

 I wonder how this GPS work for my body, do I will allow this happen to me? hmmmm so hard to explain when you are not the one who need it the most ...

Washing Your Clothes Without Water????

WASHING MACHINE THAT DOESN’T NEED WATER

British company Xeros looks forward to conquer the American market with its latest invention, a new washing system able to save a lot of water using nylon beads. The beads tumble wash clothes using 90 percent less water than traditional washers.

In addition, the company's latest invention, which is currently in the development stage, requires less detergent. Xeros claims that there would be no need for tumble drying and if the homes in the United States would switch to the new system, the emissions of carbon dioxide would be considerably reduced. The result would be as though 5 million vehicles have been removed from the road. The company also says that the new washing machine will save 1.2 billion tons of water each year, which equals 17 million swimming pools.

Water? Who needs it?

The washing machine does its job using small nylon beads that eliminate stains off clothes and lock them into the molecular structure of the nylon. The beads can be used for hundreds of washes and afterwards they can be easily recycled. The technology behind the new washing machine is the result of a research carried out at the University of Leeds. It has been used in a concept washing machine by the Cambridge Consultants.

By Darren Quick

Such a great technology indeed. Now i no longer have to wait for the clothes to dry up but i’m curious what happens to the beads after they are all filled up? I haven’t known nylon to be particularly eco-friendly, but i could be wrong. I bet it leaves beads in all my clothes’ pockets.

Nak Ain Game (My Niece language)

Online games for KIDS!!!

Before we go down under this topis lets WIKI it...hehehe...too long la for me to write it down here!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_games

ZUMA, BEJEWELD, ANGRY BIRDS, TALKING CARL, N LOTS OF MORE (COUNTLESS)

My 3 years old niece always ask for my Handphone just to --- Cik Na Nak Ain Games!!, Fuhhh!!

Then, I keep on thinking, is this bad or good for her? ONLINE GAMES? huh!..Kids nowadays are so modern I think.

One OF my niece favourites

But whatever it is, in my opinion, ONLINE GAMES are good for kids...why I said so?...

Because,

They teach a lot in the playing process. There are lots of great games available on internet! they can really be good to increase their intellectual abilities! Even my 3 years old niece know how to handle my HTC (play games, downloading, she even goes to youtube channel. WHAT?)...Fuhh

Children who play games online are able to enjoy the reward and satisfaction that comes with the small goals that are often established in games. To clarify what I mean, I will take the game of “Zuma” (I addicted with this once...OWH!) that is quite popular on websites like Shockwave. The small goals are to clear the boards that are necessary in order to reach the end of the game. Children who engaged in playing this game can enjoy the reward of “beating” each board. In turn, this raises their confidence and also instils a sense of accomplishment. Children can learn that setting small goals can help them master much larger games – both in online gaming as well as their lives. (Sebijik my niece)

There have many conclusive studies that indicate that children who play games that are video based on a regular basis have better eye-hand coordination than those children who do not play video games. This can be extremely beneficial in numerous ways to a young child

When a child plays online games, it has been found that the technology skills that are necessary to live in today's world are greatly enhanced. Literacy in computers and the internet are quickly becoming basic skills that are required to enter the workface today. This type of activity may very well contribute to the child's ability to succeed in their educational career, as well as their professional career!

And there are a lot of benefits of ONLINE GAMES....

But but but.....

Parents...you have to keep the internet safety FIRST!!!

here I'LL give you some tips....(just my one cent opinion!!)

1. You should monitor the activities that your child takes part in online closely to ensure that they are appropriate, and that they are not being exposed to topics, themes, and language that is inappropriate.

2. You should advise your child to refrain from giving out personal information, such as their name, age, and location.

3. You should ensure that if your child is required to enter any game “rooms” online that they are age appropriate and carefully monitored.

By allowing your child to play games in the virtual environment, you are providing them with a fun way to grow and develop as individuals. As long as you take the appropriate internet safety tips, online games for kids can be a positive experience in numerous way!

20 Free Tutoriols to Create Your Own Flash Game

Hey you people i FOUND this webpage....FLASH GAME? about easy and gila-gila sket punya GAMES...

http://www.dezinerfolio.com/2008/02/06/20-free-tutorials-to-create-your-own-flash-game

this link tutor you how to make youe own flash game...but when I scroll it down, wow so hard to establish a flash game for me... but, I want to share this with all of you, in case you want to do it your OWN!!...JOM play flash games...quite exciting!!!

What is Android?

is a wide choice of Android phones from different manufacturers

Google Nexus S

With Google's Andy Rubin announcing that there are now 500,000 activations of Android devices per day, it's clear that Google's operating system has hit the big time.However, despite shops such as Phones 4U advertising "Latest Android handsets" for the release of phones like the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, LG Optimus 2X and HTC Wildfire S, many people are still left asking, "What is an Android phone? And what is an Android tablet?"Android is an operating system for mobile phones and tablets, in much the same way that PCs run Microsoft Windows as their operating system. It's maintained by Google, and comes in a few different versions. At the time of writing, mobile phones run a variant of version 2 of Android, while most new tablets run a variant of version 3.The difference between the 2.x and 3.x versions of Android is mainly in how they use the screen space provided. Because Android 3.x is designed to run on tablets, its apps have been altered to be able to fit more information on the screen at one time. It also puts all buttons for navigation in the interface, while Android 2.x devices tend to include some physical buttons (usually Home, Back, Menu and Search keys).Android's standard layout is to have a series of Home screens, which can contain shortcuts to launch apps, or can contain widgets, which are small programs that serve a single function, such as controlling your music or displaying Facebook updates." 

       WHY ANDROID????

Why I choose HTC as my first Smartphone because I think it makes handsets powered by Android. Some of us may not even know they're running Android, but it gets the job done and they're not at all worried about nuts and bolts of what make our gadgets tick.

Ever since I got the HTC, i've been meaning to write up a little post about the Android and it's importance these days. 

The most thing I really love about the Android is when I read from the lifehacker.com about the Android features that the iPhone doesn't have. The one of them is True App Integration."Google voice may finally be available for the iphone, but the experience will never be the same as it is on Android. Other iPhone apps always direct you to the default dialer and visual voicemail apps, so even if you want to use Google Voice full time, you have to manually navigate it to yourself. On Android, Apps like Google Voice integrate directly with the operating system, if you want make calls from Google Voice, every call you make from the phone's dialer goes through Google Voice. When you click on a phone number in your browser or in Google Maps, it goes through Google Voice instead of sending you to the wrong dialer. True app integration like this make using custom phone, SMS, voicemail and even browser apps absolutely seamless on Android, which is something you won't find on the more locked-down iPhone platform."