Tag: BLOOD

For years, 360-degree cameras have significantly advanced the investigative techniques of law-enforcement officials and forensic scientists. Now, University of South Carolina researchers may actualize the next evolutionary stage in crime-scene analysis with the development of another futuristic photographic process. The University scientists hope to design an effective "blood camera" that could ...

Ah, menstruation. That wonderfully cyclical occurrence that women always discuss with knowing nods, and that men do their best to not think about. But thanks to designer Hiromi Ozaki, formerly clueless guys can now experience the menstrual experience first hand, in all its splendor. Cheers all around. Ozaki, you see, has designed something called the 'Menstruation Machine,' which consists of a ...

Look, we've long been prepared for the proliferation of zombies. It's a good thing, too, because our own government is ready to turn hordes of soldiers into the undead. But first, they have to figure out how to make it work with pigs. According to ABC News, a recent medical breakthrough funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which involves putting the body in a state of ...

In this week's installment of Creepy Beyond Comprehension [Editor's note: A section we made up, just now], we'd like to introduce you to a newly designed lamp that runs on human blood. Stop reading this post now, if you want. We'd understand. Really. Designer Mike Thompson's latest innovation is the creatively named "Blood Lamp," a device that can only be used once, and requires the user to ...

A father and son team of researchers has developed a new method for disinfecting blood for transfusions. The normal method of UV radiation in combination with radioisotopes tends to leave behind damaged and mutated blood cells, whereas this new method, which utilizes a low-power pulsating laser, generally leaves non-viral cells untouched. Johns Hopkins University student Shaw-Wei David Tse and ...