3D printing as a resource tool for medical practice in Africa.

3Dprinting as a resource tool for medical practice in Africa will go a long way to improve health care services,provide jobs and production of medical devices that can generate wealth. 3D printing ,the use in medical sciences are inexhaustible and still evolving in Africa. 3D printing can be used for making new parts and even organs making transplant and orthopedic surgery rather easy,medical devices such as stethoscopes,microscopes,forceps,clamps,e.t.c can be produced easily with the proper technical know-how. This technology transfer is what a company is exploring to improve health and generate wealth. ReFab Dar began as a pilot project to determine if 3D printers could be made of e-waste in developing countries and then if we could build a machine that would use recycled plastic to make 3D printer filament. The recycled 3D printer filament then needs to have users to be able to complete the supply chain. The project examined four possible areas for exploration: medical, jewelry, spare parts, and customized gadgets. While pursuing all four areas through their mentorship programs, they have focused on the creation of medical devices as a first feasible product line that can save times, money, and lives. ReFab has set a course to making 3D printing technology of useful service to Africans. At present, we have 5 Retr3D e-waste 3D printers being made by STICLab under a New Frontier’s experimental grant by Jhpiego. The objective is to test the locally manufactured printers to prototype and make medical tools and equipment that will change the face of medicine in Africa in the next 5–10 years.continue

Mobile technology in healthcare creates productivity and satisfaction.

The use of mobile technology in the healthcare sector is making a positive impact on the productivity and job satisfaction of employees, according to research conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). 59% of workers report being more productive in their jobs as a result of mobile technology, while 48% are more satisfied in their job if they perceived their employer to be a good provider of mobile working practices. The healthcare sector has always been one of innovation and curiosity, noted for being at the forefront of the mobile technology revolution, with wearable devices and personal fitness apps offering unprecedented insight into patient health and at the other send of the spectrum, a clear demand for a better mobile practice for its employees. continue

Half lion, half tiger: Meet Liger cub Tsar

Tsar the liger cub, born from an extremely rare lion-tiger romance, is proving a hit for a traveling Russian zoo. Tsar has a tawny fur of a lion cub but covered in black stripes, was born while the zoo was on tour in southern Russia’s Rostov-on-Don region. Tsar's mother Princess, the zoo’s only tigress, had a difficult birth and has been unable to suckle him. She has given birth to a total of three liger cubs, but only Tsar has survived. Tsar is fed with goats milk about one litre a day. According to a researcher at Moscow’s Darwin Museum of natural history,hybrids like this are extremely rare – and generally they are weaker than lion cubs or ordinary young tigers, but if you take good care of them, they can grow up and live a long time although that male ligers are born sterile. Ligers, like tigons – cubs born to a lioness and a male tiger – can only be born in captivity. source

Saudi revolutionizes ear surgery with hag needle invention.

There is a revolution in the way ear surgery is performed courtesy of the invention of the hag needle. Dr. Abdul Karim Reza Fidaa, the nose, ear, throat and facial plastic surgery consultant, is the brain behind the needle.The idea was to create a technique with minimal medical intervention. Fidaa thought of using laparoscopic surgery, to help those who have congenital abnormalities in the ear and nose. The idea is based on how to conduct a surgery without full anesthesia, and carving the cartilage skin without a large opening and this was the beginning of the innovation for making the hag needle.

AGRIBUSINESS: How to get more milk from cows..

AGRIBUSINESS: How to get more milk from cows.Dairy business is a hot venture now with alot of farmers leaning on genetics,improved nutrition and better farm management practices. The role of technology in harnessing the profit in agribusiness cannot be overemphasized and the wise farmers and investors are tapping it. Watch.

How phytobiology Can Improve Your Health.

Photobiology is the therapeutic use of light to improve health while heliotherapy is the therapeutic use of sunlight.Light has been used therapeutically for thousands of years. Humans have not only evolved to adapt to sunlight, but also to the influence of fire — near-infrared and mid-infrared radiation that is very low in in the blue range wavelengths — which is also emitted by incandescent light sources. In ancient Egypt, we know that sunlight was used for hygienic purposes, and once humans began manufacturing glass, it also became possible to produce colored light using the colored glass as filter technology. Watch the video and learn how to use phytobiology.

Taiwan bans euthanasia of stray animals, but agriculture council warns of risks.

Taiwan bans euthanasia of stray animals, but agriculture council warns of risks.Taiwan has banned euthanising animals in shelters, which follows the tragic suicide last year of a vet burdened with the task of putting down animals. The law came into effect Saturday, two years after it was passed by parliament – a period meant to prepare shelters for the ban.But during the wait, animal lover Chien Chih-cheng took her own life with euthanasia drugs, reportedly upset at having to kill animals at the shelter she worked at. Reports at the time said Chien was called a “butcher” by activists. Her death sparked calls for authorities to improve conditions for animals and staff at shelters. An animal welfare group, Life Conservationist Association, estimated more than 1.2 million animals not adopted from shelters have been put down since 1999. “Animal protection in Taiwan has moved towards a new milestone,” the association’s executive director Ho Tsung-hsun said in a statement. But Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture warned the ban would lead to a deterioration in the quality of shelters through a surging intake or it may discourage the capture of strays. “It’s impossible for there to be no problems,” said Wang Chung-shu, deputy chief of the animal husbandry department, according to The China Times. He said Taiwan’s ban was “quite idealised”, adding that manpower was a problem because the vet’s suicide had had a “chilling effect” on the sector, according to the report. continue