Health

Beef: it’s what’s for dinner…or so the adage goes. And while it’s true that many Americans consume beef on a daily or weekly basis, it’s also true that most shoppers turn their noses up to beef that looks brown in its packaging. Kyle Steele, a recent master’s graduate in animal sciences and industry at Kansas Learn More

We’ve heard of contact lenses that use LED lights to augment vision with images and movies, but what about glasses made with RGB power LED lights to improve visual experiences for those with severe sight impairment? Sounds far fetched, sure, but it’s what a clinical neurologist at Oxford, Stephen Hicks, is working on. Though the Learn More

Cleaning the toilet—a necessary evil, right? Not anymore, thanks to LED lights and an ingenious Japanese designer. The Kirei from Hirotaka Matsui is a self-cleaning toilet that eliminates the need to manually scrub out that porcelain bowl. In Matsui’s design, an efficient spiral drain and a washing system much like that found in a dishwasher Learn More

Elderly populations are on the rise worldwide, thanks to better access to health care and improved medical technology. Unfortunately, depression in older people is also increasing, especially in those who suffer from dementia. Some 10–16% of elderly people have depression, with that figure rising to about 40% in nursing homes, according to the Mental Health Learn More

You may have wondered what all the blue was about last week on April 1st and 2nd, when prominent buildings and landmarks worldwide lit up the night sky with shining blue lights. It turns out that April is Autism Awareness Month, and Autism Speaks, an NYC-based autism advocacy organization, responded by launching its second-annual “Light Learn More

We love the ingenuity of LED enthusiasts! Here, a health-conscious LED-lover has found a way to encourage an active lifestyle using motion sensitive, solar-powered LED lights and a little elbow grease. The “Motivational Moody Workout T-shirt,” as creator and Instructables member Lingon calls it,  consists of a wearable microcontroller called the Lilypad by Arduino, and Learn More

You may remember a recent blog post in which we reported that NASA is using LED lights to grow plants in space. Now that same technology is creating some unexpected benefits for cancer patients right here on planet Earth. NASA’s Innovative Partnerships Program at Marshall Space Flight Center funded a two-year, double blind, placebo controlled Learn More

Thinning hair—many men (and women) battle with it everyday. But now, thanks to LED lights and Low Level Laser Therapy, they might not have to. The iGrow Helmet is a “hands free hair rejuvenation system” that uses laser and LED technology to stimulate healthy skin and hair growth (though it just might be the death Learn More

It used to be an apple a day, but now it’s Smartphone apps and LED lights that are keeping the doctor away. An innovative new device, called the Handyscope, transforms any Smartphone into a mobile dermatoscope that can be used to examine moles and other skin abnormalities to determine if they’re benign or potentially harmful. Learn More

You may have been surprised by the findings of a recently published UC Irvine study on the potential hazards of LEDs. Having reviewed the facts, we thought it was about time for us to shed some, ahem, light on the subject. The paper is entitled, “Potential Environmental Impacts of Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs): Metallic Resources, Toxicity, Learn More