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A sensational breakthrough: the first bionic hand that can feel 

 

“The first bionic hand that allows an amputee to feel what they are touching will be transplanted later this year in a pioneering operation that could introduce a new generation of artificial limbs with sensory perception.

The patient is an unnamed man in his 20s living in Rome who lost the lower part of his arm following an accident, said Silvestro Micera of the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland.

The wiring of his new bionic hand will be connected to the patient’s nervous system with the hope that the man will be able to control the movements of the hand as well as receiving touch signals from the hand’s skin sensors.

Dr Micera said that the hand will be attached directly to the patient’s nervous system via electrodes clipped onto two of the arm’s main nerves, the median and the ulnar nerves.

This should allow the man to control the hand by his thoughts, as well as receiving sensory signals to his brain from the hand’s sensors. It will effectively provide a fast, bidirectional flow of information between the man’s nervous system and the prosthetic hand.

“This is real progress, real hope for amputees. It will be the first prosthetic that will provide real-time sensory feedback for grasping,” Dr Micera said.”

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mentailments: Each ball weighs differently, causing each one to bounce to a specific height, and when precisely placed in the dust pans and thrown down… 2013

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YAY Franklin!

The statistical data that describes the differences in opinions of the 24,000+ U.S. doctors polled by Medscape in 2012 will blow your mind, or maybe it won’t…

Anonymous asked: Hi, could you post the courses you took in college? I'm really concerned I'm not planning to take all the right stuff.

Basic course requirements for medical school are similar for most medical schools.  However, the exact classes that we took will most likely be different from yours since each undergraduate institution has different names for classes, departments, etc and our major requirements might be different from yours.  Your best bet in deciding which classes to take to meet the medical school requirements would be to…

1. Visit your school counselor to create a 4-year plan of all the classes that you plan to take in college to prepare for medical school
2. Use your college career center’s website, individual medical school websites, or the AAMC’s MSAR (see below) to research the class requirements for medical school
3. Contact the medical schools that interest you to find out whether or not your school’s classes will meet that school’s requirements

Typically, medical schools require the following:

• 1 year of Biology with lab
• 1 year of Inorganic Chemistry with lab
• 1 year of Organic Chemistry with lab
• 1 year of Physics with lab
• 1 year of Math
• 1 year of English

Some schools do require other classes like Foreign Languages, Humanities classes, Biochemistry, etc…  The best resource for finding out each school’s requirements is the AAMC’s Medical School Admissions Requirements publication.

Hope this helps!

Study Break: The History of the Discovery of DNA

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Nano-Scale Printer Makes Quirky 3D Images

A new record-breaking 3D printer works by focusing a laser beam onto liquid resin. Here are some nano-scale objects it printed.

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Interesting Study Break

Studying hard and focusing on all your leadership/pre-med activities are important for your journey to medical school.  However, you must remember to make downtime for yourself.  Take a night off during your week to chill with friends, rage, see a movie, do your nails, read a good book, play a sport, work out, or just relax.  

Taking time away from your studies allows your mind to rest and recollect itself so that you can start fresh the next day.  Give your brain a break & always remember to work hard and play hard.  

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STUDY BREAK!

A Study Break for all of you who have already started school.

Scoring:

<10: You are not a nerd. Except you sort of still are, since you’re in med school.

11-25: You are a cool nerd. Like Harold and Kumar in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. Even though you’re kind of nerdy, you can still get girls, get high, and make an epic journey to get those delicious tiny burgers.

26-40: You are an intellectual nerd. Other intellectual nerds include Al Gore or David Souter. You’re super nerdy, but people still respect you enough to elect you Vice President of Neurology. 

>40: You are an uber-nerd. Other uber-nerds include Mark Zuckerberg or those guys from Revenge of the Nerds. Although everyone always kind of made fun of you, not so much after you become the world’s youngest billionaire.

Study Break: Consanguinity anyone?