footage of Segway inventor Dean Kamen explaining progresss in the "Luke Arm"
projectfounded by te U.S. department of defense, and inspired by the last scene of Star Wars Empire Strikes Back where luke Skywalker has an artificial cybernetic limb. The goal is of course to help wounded soldiers recovers some usage of an arm, with all that entails psychologically and physically.
MarvinGayeのプロテストアルバムのタイトル曲「what's going on」をlos lobosが心を込めてカヴァー．3つめのartists against AIDSのカヴァーは、ポップ界のスターが多数参加しているだけに音楽よりメッセージを強調. Marvin Gayeの娘ノナ・ゲイも特別参加．
PBSのドキュメンタリーシリーズのMarvin Gayeをを見て再び聞きたくなった．「何が起きているんだ？教えてくれ！」．
After watching PBS American Masters MarvinGaye documentary I really understood the meaning of the title song "what's going on" from Marvin Gaye's protest album. los lobos' is the only convincing cover of the song, so i decided to post it side by side with artists against aids' version and perfect circle's one.
北米、ミネアポリスのHybrid Medical Animation社はインテラクティブに透明度を操作できる心臓の3Dアニメーションを開発．ECG（心電図）が画面下に表示されたり、拡大機能、心拍数をコントロール出来たりしたら、より機能的だったかもしれない．
Minneapolis based Hybrid Medical Animation focusing on medical and scientific imaging, has developped an "interactive heart" which allows for an intuitive visualization of the anatomical movement of the organ, using the ability to modify opacity.
An ECG at the bottom of the screen and a zooming function and changing the heart beat would be a major asset as well.
Matt Smithson ofcurious picture created the following information for Nike’s the girl effect campaign, and I’m equally impressed as to the design and implementation of the concept as I am of the resilience point of the message itself.
IAAF rules amputee Oscar Pistorius is a south-African amputee runner, he uses carbon transbial blades as artificial limbs. The IAAF in January has made him ineligible for Beijin Olympics, the IOC obviously agrees with the verdict. This decision does not affect his eligibility to the paralympic.
the debatable reasons behind the decision come from a reasearch which says that there’s a 25% energy consumption compared to able-bodied athletes, but this is only a mechanical argument.
Has a commitee or Council ever made the correct decision?
However TAS an international panel, the Court of Arbitration for Sport, ruled that the double-amputee sprinter was eligible to compete in the Beijing Olympic Games, overturning a ban imposed by the International Association of Athletics Federations, track and field's governing body.
