DJP Update 3-30-2007 - Interesting Wired Magazine with some articles on medical topics plus more

After my last two DJP Updates this week concerning serious topics, I thought is would be nice to have something of a different nature that I find relaxing.  Below  is information about a magazine I find interesting.

It is Wired Magazine and I have read it over the years because of the frequently thought-provoking articles.

The issue on the newsstand now is listed below.  The story about a patient with Parkinson's and an implantable stimulation as well as a world-class runner using prosthetics who lost his legs when he was one year old.  Such articles continue to show how one should be optimistic for the future, no matter how many problems that we see each day.

Of course, I always enjoy relaxing and reading about new gadgets such as wrist GPSs and that is included in this issue.  As you know, I love high tech items.

Once when I was visiting my Dad and showing him a new Palm PDA, he asked me, "Son, didn't I buy you enough toys when you were a kid?".  I miss his observations.

Check the magazine out on the newsstand.  You can see some of it online at:

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.03/
Issue 15.03  -  March 2007

--A Shock to the System

To slow the progress of Parkinson's disease, doctors planted electrodes deep in my brain. Then they turned on the juice.
By Steven Gulie

"Today, eight years since the first signs of Parkinson’s and after months of fiddling, my body is almost free of symptoms. With the stimulator turned off, a Parkinson’s test shows 20 significant impairments. With the stimulator on, it drops to two. Add just a touch of L-dopa and it drops to zero."

--The Thinking Machine
Jeff Hawkins created the Palm Pilot and the Treo. Next up: software that mimics the human brain.
By Evan Ratliff

--Undersea Goldmine
A maverick prospector is preparing to scoop untold riches - gold, silver, copper - from the ocean floor. And he's pitching it as a green alternative to traditional strip mining.
By Joshua Davis

--Blade Runner
Because of a birth defect, doctors amputated his legs when he was just one year old. Now Oscar Pistorius is on track to make the South African Olympic team - running on carbon-fiber prosthetics called Cheetahs. Is he a marvel of engineering or just one hell of a sprinter?
By Josh McHugh

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Also, this issue contains:

--Snack Attack! (Featured on cover)
 From ringtones to bloglets to short-blast videogames, today's entertainment comes in bite-size morsels. A report on the new world of one-minute media.

--Comments about a tiny camera from Canon with 7.1 megapixels and 10-1 zoom that does stills and hi-def video (Canon PowerTX1)

--test comparison of In-Ear Headphones

--test of 3 GPS wristwatches (By the way, I have a Garmin Nuvi 350, small and thin, that runs on a battery.  It is terrific as a GPS and also plays MP3s and shows photos that you place on a SD card.  It is not a wristwatch but it fits in a top pocket, coat pocket, briefcase or purse without difficulty.  I recommend it without hesitation.)

--A short story with photos of Jay Leno's one-of-a-kind EcoJet, a 650-horsepower supercar that runs on biodiesel made from vegetable oil

This is just a sample of the type of articles in each issue.

Stay well and have a great weekend.

Donald

Donald J. Palmisano, MD, JD
Intrepid Resources / The Medical Risk Manager Company
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