Surgeon's Point-of-View (POV) Video Recording

Learning how to video record vivid, stable, high-def, and focussed shots from my (surgeon's) point-of-view has not been an easy endeavor due to technology limitations, though things do appear to be slowly improving. There have been pros and cons with most video-recording systems to date which I have summarized below. The "perfect" video-recording system has yet to be developed which must include all these elements: • Wearable on headlight or glasses • Camera located between t…

2/02/2014 0

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Hearing and Understanding ONE Voice Among Many Sounds

Have you ever wondered how is it that a normal hearing human being can hear and understand one person talking in an environment where there are many other people talking just as loudly be it a restaurant, conference, county fair, etc? How is it that you can hear and understand one particular person over another, even if they are both talking equally loud? Researchers are just beginning to understand how a human does it... Before explaining, lets use an analogy. In the past, I used the a…

3/06/2013 0

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Revolutionary Camera Takes "Living" Pictures

Lytro has introduced a new type of camera that may have tremendous implications in medical photography. It is a camera that takes a "living" picture. What does that mean? In essence, it is a camera that takes a picture taking ALL the light information that is present such that the picture can be manipulated as if you haven't taken the picture yet. It sounds confusing, but practically speaking, it means that one can literally refocus any part of a picture AFTER it has been…

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