122. Better Concussion Detection, Restoring Memories With Prosthesis, AI and Epilepsy

Shows Notes: <p><a href='https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/neck-bandage-sensors-concussions/'>Neck-worn "bandage" sensors could better warn of concussions</a> | New Atlas (01:09)</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">One of the dangerous things about sports-related concussions is the fact that athletes may not realize they have one.<ul><li style="font-weight:400;">A new sensor could let them (or their coaches) know.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">It would go on their neck, not their head.</li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Helmet-integrated sensors, which have been developed, detect the type of impacts associated with concussions; such devices aren't necessarily 100-percent reliable. </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Because a lot of concussions are associated with their head rapidly moving whiplash-style to one side, researchers at Michigan State University developed a thin-film adhesive-patch sensor that could detect the telltale neck movements. <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Size of a small bandage</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">prototype device is only about 0.1 mm thick</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Piezoelectric material that produces an electrical charge when stretched or compressed.</li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Once the material is charged due to the movement of the material, the data is sent to a computer, which will analyze it to determine if a concussion-grade impact occurred.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">While executing tests with this prototype, they found it performed as well as the helmet-integrated accelerometers at detecting concussion causing impacts, BUT they found the neck-bandage wouldn't produce false readings.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">The researchers are looking into ways of streamlining the design of the patch, such as equipping it with a transmitter that would wirelessly relay data to a nearby computer or mobile device.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><a href='https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/cancer-trial-amazingly-results-in-100-remis