22Aug

Combat Ready Clamp Goes Where A Tourniquet Cannot

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By David Ponce

We’re pretty happy it’s becoming common knowledge that when someone is badly injured and bleeding severely, the best on-scene treatment while awaiting paramedics is the application of a tourniquet. If you don’t know, this is when you tie a piece of rope above the injury and tighten in order to cut off blood flow and prevent death from exsanguination (read: bleeding out). Sadly, it’s not always possible to apply a tourniquet in every situation: when injured in the groin, the abdomen or the neck for instance. For times like these, Combat Medical Systems of Fayetteville, N.C. has developed the CRoC, or combat ready clamp, which is a vise-like device designed to manage difficult inguinal bleeds (that’s groin bleeds… Come to think of it, this is probably not a good idea on the neck…).

Uncontrolled bleeding accounts for 25% of potentially survivable deaths in the field and according to an article in the U.S. Army Medical Department Journal, getting better stemming the flow of blood in the field could save up to three soldier lives per month.

While the CRoC is clearly aimed for the armed services’ use, you can apparently buy one for yourself for $445.

[ CRoC Product Page ] VIA [ MedGadget ]



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21Apr

CANNOT BE UNSEEN: Bert, Un-Muppeted

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Bert, one-half of everyone’s favorite homosexual Muppet couple (sorry, crotchety old bickering guys!) is seen here in a little too life-like silicon sculpture by artist and Effects Studio member Nacho (you’re useless without cheese!). As you can see, he has a face that would send children running straight into traffic (and not zig-zagging like you’re supposed to). Damn, somebody’s gonna have nightmares tonight. And it’s gonna be you. Get it? Because I’m gonna call right before bed and be all creepy!

You: Hello?
Me: I know where you are.
You: Is that you, GW?
Me: Uh, no, this is like a really scary serial killer. *tee-hee-hee*
You: I just heard you laugh.
Me: Oh that? That was a victim’s last breath. *BRAP*
You: “And that?”
Me: That was a really squirty fart — I had human-chili for dinner. God, you should f***ing smell this thing — I wouldn’t even need a knife.

Hit the jump for more terrifying than you can shake a stick at (GO FOR THE EYES!).
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12Jul

Consumer Reports cannot recommend iPhone 4

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There’s no hiding that the iPhone 4 has been met with grumblings of discontent since its launch on the 24th of June. The whole antenna fiasco has caused a lot of negative chatter. With Apple’s official statements appeasing few, and upsetting others it was about time we heard an official view from an independent outsider.

Consumer Reports released a report stating it would not recommend purchasing the new iPhone 4 to prospective customers. The company spent some time meticulously testing Cupertino’s new mobile alongside the 3GS and the Palm Pre. The organization sent staff out to purchase three iPh4′s from three different stores in New York, and set about testing it in a unique room that blocks out outside radio frequency interference.

It stated: ”In this room, which is impervious to outside radio signals, our test engineers connected the phones to our base-station emulator, a device that simulates carrier cell towers. We also tested several other AT&T phones the same way, including the iPhone 3GS and the Palm Pre. None of those phones had the signal-loss problems of the iPhone 4.”

In a controversial statement it said: “Our findings call into question the recent claim by Apple that the iPhone 4′s signal-strength issues were largely an optical illusion caused by faulty software that ‘mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given signal strength.’ The tests also indicate that AT&T’s network might not be the primary suspect in the iPhone 4′s much-reported signal woes.”

A solution was found however. If any users experiencing a drop in reception cover the divide with a small piece of duct tape the problem is gone. Although it’s not the most attractive of solutions, it’s a darn sight cheaper than a $30 Bumper.

Apple’s response to the issue a week or so back was that every handset experiences signal issues when held improperly. Then in a further statement they explained that it was a software problem, and not hardware, which bemused the smartest of us. Consumer Reports originally had backed the handset because of it’s display, front-facing camera and other excellent features. After the antenna issue the company has changed its mind.

“But Apple needs to come up with a permanent — and free — fix for the antenna problem before we can recommend the iPhone 4,” it stated.

Via: Apple Insider

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02Jun

Top 10 Things Science Cannot Explain

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From the Wow signal from the outerspace to the… female orgasm… here are the top 10 things science still cannot explain. According to Null Hypothesis.

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