Natures Technology

If anyone wishes to observe the works of nature, he should put his trust not in books of anatomy but in his own eyes...... Galen(Greek Physician, AD 129-199)

Nature’s technology, often referred to as biomimicry or bioinspiration, involves looking to nature for innovative solutions to human challenges.

Numerous studies have shown clear evidence of the mental and physical benefits of spending time in natural environments. During the pandemic, when indoor gatherings were restricted, access to green spaces was crucial for community health and resilience. A robust network of healthy ecosystems is essential for physical protection and resilience and for maintaining urban biodiversity.

Here are some ideas that draw on natural principles:

Self-Healing Materials: Inspired by how some organisms, like certain reptiles and amphibians, can regenerate lost limbs or heal wounds, researchers are developing materials that can repair themselves when damaged.

Water Filtration Systems: Studying natural filtration systems, such as how wetlands purify water, could lead to new, efficient water treatment technologies.

Animal-Inspired Robotics: Designing robots that mimic the movement and agility of animals, like birds or insects, could improve efficiency in tasks like search and rescue or surveillance.

Natural Cooling Systems: Inspired by termite mounds, which maintain a stable internal temperature, architects are developing buildings that naturally regulate temperature without relying heavily on air- conditioning.

Pollination Drones: Learning from bees and other pollinators, engineers are creating drones that can help with pollination in areas where bee populations are declining.

Biodegradable Packaging: Using materials inspired by natural processes, such as chitin from crustaceans, to create packaging that breaks down naturally without harming the environment.

Wind and Water Energy: Designing turbines and water wheels that mimic fish fins or bird wings for improved efficiency in harnessing renewable energy.

These concepts showcase how observing and understanding natural systems can lead to innovative and sustainable technological advancements.

San Francisco 1t.org pledges commitment to a future where nature and urban life harmoniously coexist. By enhancing biodiversity, fostering equitable access to natural spaces and bolstering community engagement, San Francisco sets a transformative example for urban sustainability.

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The Future of HealthCare

The time will come when medicine will organize itself into an undercover dictatorship.
------Benjamin Rush

"You feel like an object on a conveyor belt. You don’t feel human. Medical science has decided, that’s the way it is."----------A Patients Narrative

Healthcare is currently being transformed where Automation replaces physical labor and
Artificial Intelligence supplant human intellect. AI algorithms and machine learning are revolutionizing disease detection and treatment. In breast cancer, AI enables faster and more accurate mammogram reviews, reducing the need for biopsies.

For instance, a doctor can’t remember the last 200 research articles on a specific heart disease, but a computer can.

Patient's/Doctors contact will soon be minimal or nonexistence, consider the following technological breakthrough:

• Telemedicine and remote patient monitoring technologies allow patients to receive medical care remotely, reducing the need for in-person visits and improving access to healthcare, especially in rural or underserved areas.
•  Wearable biosensors (blood pressure cuff or pulse oximeter) gather key vitals from a
   patient and then wirelessly communicate that information to the patient or a third-party monitor.
•  BioProcessors, will not only gather information, but could also diagnose illnesses and even forecast our health. They’ll give us instantaneous analysis of various parameters.
• The Internet of Medical Things refers to the network of interconnected medical devices, sensors, and wearables that collect and transmit health data for monitoring, diagnosis, and treatment purposes. IoMT technologies enable real-time monitoring of patients, remote diagnostics, and proactive healthcare management.
• Hospitals now have facilities for point-of-care 3D manufacturing, applications include personalized implants, prosthetics, and surgical models.
• Robot (STAR) surgical technology, which doesn’t depend on a doctor’s manual capability. STAR was developed to apply stitches with the same level of skill as top surgeons, all through the use of a 3D imaging system and precise touch sensors—all on its own.
• Nanorobots that invade the cells of cancerous tumors via the bloodstream, delivering medication directly to target sites. The nanorobots travel from the injection site of a patient through flagellated, self-propelling bacteria, which contain cancer-fighting drugs. The nanorobots detect hypoxic areas—spots in the tumors that lack oxygen—and deliver powerful medication in precise locations to keep the surrounding healthy tissues and organs intact.
•  Biometric devices will make internal monitoring systems transparent, allowing us to use the information these systems are gathering for more successful preventative daily care and better react to medical emergencies.
• Blockchain technology has the potential to revolutionize healthcare by providing secure and transparent storage and sharing of medical records, ensuring patient privacy, interoperability, and data integrity. Blockchain-based solutions can streamline administrative processes, reduce healthcare fraud, and improve the security of electronic health records (EHRs).

Precision medicine, also known as personalized medicine, involves tailoring medical treatment and interventions to individual patients based on their genetic makeup, lifestyle, and environmental factors. Advances in genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics enable clinicians to develop targeted therapies and interventions that are more effective and have fewer side effects.

Eventually:
Biosynthetically grown organ replacement, skin would be grown, or 3D printed if a graft for a third-degree burn is needed. Whilst pushing the limits of evolution, we are yet to discover a way to prolong youth......

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Lifestyle Choice of Business Executives

Swift instinct leaps; slow reason feebly climbs.............. Edward Young

It is time to make your body fit for a healthier lifestyle in order to perform better in business.
Taking care of your own body also maintains a healthier mind while improving your quality of life.

What if you do not enjoy going to the gym?

Then you should.........

Turn your Android Phone into the Ultimate Fitness Tracker

Here are the best apps for your android mobile.

1  Water Drink Reminder
Do you drink enough water throughout the day? this app simply reminds you to drink water and tracks your water drinking habits.
This app contains customized cups that helps you to stay motivated towards drinking water, it also sets the start and end time to drink water throughout the day. Drinking enough water is the best way to stay in shape.

2 Calorie Counting: MyFitnessPal
With the largest food database, it is amazingly fast and easy to use calorie counter which helps you
take those extra pounds off. This is one of the best and well known app that counts up the calorie that you had taken in.
This app is being now used by lots of gym trainers.

3 Strava Running and Cycling GPS
Millions of runners and cyclists use Strava to record their activities, compare performance over time, compete with their community and share the photos, stories and highlights of their activities with friends

4 7 Minute Workout
This app is exercises based that comes with a virtual trainer to motivates you. This is the perfect app for those who are looking for losing weight as soon as possible. This provides the 7-minute training per day and it allows you to train your Abs, chest, thighs and legs. It has the complete set of exercises that are very popular in terms to loose weight fast.

5 Pocket Yoga
This is simply a yoga instructor as it gives you positions, sequences and exercises according to each body part. It divides each yoga into levels and every level has alternate duration to follow. It contains over 200 illustrated posed images that will guide you throughout each session. It also tracks your progress.

6 Google Fit- Fitness Tracking
The app is from Google Inc. it can track any activity that you perform while holding the phone. 
As you walk, run or whatever throughout the day it keeps the records. It also gives real-time status for runs, walks, and rides which help to stay motivated on the field. This is the must have app if you are looking for a fitness tracking app.

7 5K Running Trainer
The app was designed for inexperienced runners who are just beginning an exercise routine. The plan’s structure prevents new runners from giving up and at the same time challenges them to continue moving forward. This app works because it starts with a mix of running and walking, gradually building up strength and stamina to fully running 5K.

8 Instant Heart Rate
This app tells your heart rate or your pulse rate and you can easily judge the workout level according to that stats. It does not need any external hardware. Use it for optimizing your exercise and tracking your progress.

9 RunKeeper
The RunKeeper is the perfect app for those who like to run. It records information about your activities and shows detailed statistics, distance travelled, time taken to complete the run and even your heart rate during exercise.

10 Check Body Fat: BMI Calculator
The best app that will count your BMI easily and give the accurate results. Body fat percentage is estimated from BMI by formula derived by Deurenberg and co-workers.

Turn Your Android Phone into the Ultimate Fitness Tracker and you can easily maintain a healthy body.

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Healthy Man, Healthy Business

Welcome to 2012, most people in the new year make health resolutions. 

Here are a few tips that can help.

There is strong evidence that certain fruits and vegetables rich in plant-based nutrients can both prevent cancers from starting and halt their growth.

Blueberries- Brazilian acai berries, raspberries and cranberries come from phytochemicals that protect against numerous types of cancer. In studies particularly important to women, cranberries have recently been discovered to be an important weapon in the fight against deadly ovarian cancer.

Green tea- have been known for some time to prevent and reduce recurrence of breast and other cancers. With just two cups a day a chemical known as EGCG inhibits breast tumor growth.

Garlic- The strongest evidence so far has focused on digestive cancers, but garlic appears to protect against all types of cancer, including breast and prostate. The more raw and cooked garlic a person consumed, the lower his risk of stomach and colorectal cancer; one study found that middle-aged women who regularly consumed garlic had a 50 percent lower risk of developing colon cancer. Two active ingredients in garlic, allicin and allyl sulfur, prevent and fight cancer in both animals and humans. 

Add crushed, fresh garlic to your meals whenever possible; some experts also recommend waiting 15 minutes between peeling and chopping the garlic to get the full effects of the active compounds. A diet high in garlic, onions and leeks shows a direct relationship between high consumption of "allium" vegetables that reduces the risk of many common cancers.

Broccoli- Consuming broccoli four times a week prevents the growth of prostate cancer. Other studies have shown anti-cancer benefits from eating cabbage, brussels sprouts, and other cruciferous vegetables.

Tomatoes- lowered the risk of many different cancers, particularly prostate, breast, lung and colon cancer. The good news is that cooking tomatoes seems to enhance the effects of lycopene, qualifying tomato-based spaghetti sauce as a nutritional powerhouse.

Red wine- centers on an antioxidant called resveratrol that's present in grapes and grape juice but is most concentrated in red wine. Cancer Prevention Research demonstrated that resveratrol suppresses the abnormal cell growth that leads to most types of breast cancer. Breast cancer is fueled by estrogen, and resveratrol acts to block the action of the estrogen, preventing it from feeding tumor growth.  87 percent reduction in the risk of developing prostate tumors of the most dangerous kind.

Recommended solution? One glass of red wine a day,

Soy- the active ingredient genistein, which is a phytoestrogen that protects against hormone-dependent cancers. It's also a powerful inhibitor of several proteins that are implicated in the uncontrolled growth of cancer cells. To get the anti-cancer benefits of soy, you need to consume about 50 grams per day of the whole food, such as raw fresh soybeans, known as edamame, dry roasted soybeans, or tofu.

Turmeric- spice best known for its role in Indian curries and other Asian dishes, fights cancer because of an active ingredient, curcumin, that's a powerful antioxidant. Researchers concluded that curcumin demonstrated anti-cancer effects at virtually all stages of tumor development. The great news about turmeric is how easy it is to work into the diet, because you don't need very much. Add a teaspoon of the spice to soups, salad dressings, meat and pasta dishes and you'll reap the preventative effects.

Watercress- consuming watercress everyday can prevent the DNA damage that leads to cancer. Research found that antioxidants in the nutrient-rich greens prevented free radicals from damaging healthy cells. Spinach, which we're all more familiar with, is also a cancer-fighter; research conducted showed spinach to protect against bladder cancer. The chemical that gives spinach its dark green color, chlorophyllin, proved to reduce the risk of liver cancer.

None of this is to say that an anti-cancer diet or nutritional supplements should be used in place of doctor-recommended treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation.

A great resource for those interested in learning more about making dietary changes to prevent cancer or cancer recurrence is a new book, Anticancer: A New Way of Life by David Servan-Schreiber, an MD, PhD, and professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

What is good for the body is good for the brain is good for the business; To a healthy business in 2012.