Glowing Veins: applications in medicine

Advancements in medical tech are outstanding, but I think that this simple device could save many a few painful jabs while their doctors fiddle around trying to find a vein. Unfortunately though, given the limited availability of resources in an over stretched public health sector the likelihood of uptake is limited. Perhaps its application could be generalised to angiographic investigations to rapidly evaluate vascular supply to end organs, limiting the the time spent on the operating table and the cost of surgical procedures.

Conductor & Scientist: David Robertson Visits the Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory

A/Prof Simon Carlile, who heads the Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Sydney (Australia), provides a glimpse of the interplay between music and emotion, explaining how the wiring in our nervous system influences some our most primitive abilities to dance in synchrony with a beat. The following video is just a short excerpt from a much longer discussion between Simon and Mr David Robertson who is the chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Scrabolpoly

I've been thinking of playing a cross between Scrabble and Monopoly (Scrabopoly). The game would be constructed on the architecture of the traditional Monopoly board game with Scrabble added as a tie in to add dimensions to the game (as if there aren't enough already). I've read reviews on previous attempts, however, they seem to rate poorly. What's more is that these games were usually based on the Scrabble board. I leave the forum open to thoughts on rules and on how to convince my friends to play (I've been trying for years).