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Sunday, July 13, 2008

A software helps to restore speech in a paralysed man

Guys, it is a new software who have helped to restore speech in a paralyzed man. This new software decodes the signals from a neural implant and voices them through a synthesiser.

Guys, it is a group of US-based scientists have provided a paralysed American man a chance to speak again, thanks to an electrode implanted in his stroke stricken brain.

Erik Ramsey, 24, was left 'almost totally paralysed' when he suffered a brain-stem stroke after a car accident years ago, however his mental faculties remained intact. In 2004, Phillip Kennedy's team at Neural Signals - a bioresearch firm based in Georgia, USA - implanted an electrode in his speech-motor cortex, hoping that the signal from Ramsey's cortex could help in restoring his speech. But this proved to be easier said than done.

However, another team led by Frank Guenther at Boston University was working on a similar problem at the time. Studying brain scans of healthy patients showed that brain signals don't code for words, but instead control the position of the lips, tongue, jaw and larynx to produce basic sounds.

Guenther's team then developed software that could identify and translate the patterns of brain activity during speech.

However, Klaus-Robert Muller at the Technical University of Berlin believes the technique might not be apt for fully 'locked-in' patients, who can't control any muscles. If you have completely locked-in patient, then the brain may begin to degrade because they are not able to control anything. Those patient might be completely unable to brain-control interface.

Guys, it is the development of Dr. Philip Kennedy and colleagues. The Doctors team developed a software that translates thoughts to a synthesiser via a neural implant, helping disabled patients communicate. What an Idea?

Thursday, July 10, 2008

A new cell : ASUS M930

The new M930 smart phone from Asus sports a numpad with a 2-inch screen and flips open to reveal a 2.6-inch widescreen display with a full QWERTY keypad. Running on Windows Mobile 6, the 3.5G phone comes with 256MB of built-in memory, that can be expanded via MircoSD. Loaded with business and multimedia applications, it is also equipped with a 2-megapixel camera and a secondary VGA camera meant for video telephony. For more on the M930, which retails at Rs. 27,900/- Just go and buy it.

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

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Monday, June 09, 2008

The gadget world : TV Tuner Card and External Hard Disk : PC exteriors - 3

Guys, it is the 3rd segment on the PC Exteriors. There are two more important accessories that I would like to expose here. Just take a look of it.

TV TUNER CARD :

This is a computer component that allows television signals to be received by a computer. For a long time I wondered what the point was. Then, I realized. Unlike the TV which is family property and subject to domestic fights for propriety rights over channels, computers are actually Personal Computers which simply translated means you can shout, "Get off my computer!" and you will be obeyed. Thus solving all channel issues if the computer has a TV Tuner Card. The other cool bit about this card is that most TV Tuners also function as video capture cards. This means they can record television shows onto a hard disk so that you can watch what you have missed and skip the ads in the bargain. Entry level cards start at Rs. 800.

EXTERNAL HARD DISK :

Friday, June 06, 2008

The gadget world : Webcams and Speakers : PC exteriors - 2

WEBCAMS :

It is one of the most user friendly media to connect the world. Most high-end and some mid range laptops come with the facility in-built. But be warned if you have egotistic propensities, you may spend more time taking photos of yourself than using it for a web conference. A basic Intel VGA camera starts at Rs. 800. The price goes up to Rs. 3,000 for a much smaller. Logitech or Microsoft with 5 mega pixel capturing capabilities.

SPEAKERS :

Thursday, June 05, 2008

The gadget world : Memory Stick : PC exteriors - 1

Almost people know about Pen Drive. Pen drives have become so common place and so varied in designs, I have even noticed one that brings off to make a play on words on it's name by actually doubling as a pen. Yes, it is a flash memory device, it can hold up only a limited number of write and erase cycles before failure. Mid-range flash drives under normal conditions will support several hundred thousand cycles, although write operations will gradually slow as the device ages. Howerver, at the rate memory sticks are expanding in size, it will probably be time to replace the drive even before it is necessary. Another quality of being a hindrance is because of its size they are easier to misplace or lose.

Keep an eye on your flash drive, or at least, add it to your key chain. From so many days I have used Transcend pen drives that starts from Rs. 300 for 1GB of storage and Rs. 400 for 2GB. A 32 GB drive however, costs Rs. 3,400.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Everything for a Shopper : A Online Reasonable Bazaar

Hey guys, I know all you are very well conversant with shopping and have a lot of experience about it. All you are well known to various online shopping sites. But if you point out all these sites, can you end that all are belong with traditional shopping? I know, all you do not have much time to think over it. Because, we are busy people and do not have to spent a little time on some important points.

Guys, Many sites on this net world is only show you the online stores that have paid for placement and nothing else. No any website can guide you on the issue or matter on reality shopping rather than ShopWiki.com.

Yes, actually we are happy about these traditional websites only because of less discounts or so called 'better deals' but can you think that are they really serve you the better dealings? Certainly not.

Finally, we people start on thinking of such website who offers better deals than traditional shopping websites in the terms of great savings. It is my experience that apart from ShopWiki.com there is no such website who delivers the betterments for you people.

Then it is the question here, that what is the good things that ShopWiki.com delivers to their readers or clients?

Wait and stop here for a while and just read it out the important information about the fabulous deliverables about the ShopWiki.com.

Guys, it is one of the shopping search engine projected to help users to find precise products on the networld with comfort and immixes advanced Web-crawling technology with customer-written wiki.

This website has comprehensive ShopWiki Buying Guides which allows to user to surf on any category as well.

Actually, I am in search for a some sort of kid's stuff on the net. I found a all-inclusive category related to Children and Tweens. So many days back, I promised my kid for a Home Turf as he dreamed that he, myself and my wife we both question & answered and sharing inspirational stories with him at night. Many time I broke the promise. But now I am going home happily with the happy moments what my kid dreamed about. And it is a fact that there is no such joy prior to a smile on my kid's face. I am really thankful to ShopWiki.com who save my time and give me a ameliorate deal.

Pediatric Links - Must See

Pediatric Surgery
This blog describes various medical and surgical diseases in children.

Laparoscopic procedures
Laparoscopic surgery though require skill, it is less morbid, less painful, gives good cosmesis and avoids large scars.

Pediatric Cancer
It is an informative blog which describes various types of cancer in children, their clinical presentation,diagnosis and management written by a surgeon.

Atlas of Pediatric Diseases
It includes the exclusive pictures of various diseases in children. This is very useful site to remember the pathology in a glance. Especially for doctors as well as for persons who are interested in pediatric medicine and surgery. Disclaimer :The images in this blog are from real surgeries, and they might not be suitable for all readers.