Pictured here is the Hemorr-Ice, a minimally invasive device which claims to help with symptoms of hemorrhoids. Designed to be chilled next to the deli slices in the fridge, the unit can be shoved __ ____ ___ to cool down the burning feeling from within.
Going for 2/$16.99, you can get one for yourself and a friend at Carol Wright Gifts.
(hat tip: bookofjoe)
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Hemorr-Ice Gives War on Hemorrhoids a Much Needed Surge
Loved The Old One, Love The New One
Joanna M Hawley, an artist out of Bethesda, Maryland, proposes a more aesthetically aware approach to manufacturing prostheses. Pictured here is an artificial leg with a bit of retro furniture and a hint of Steve McQueen.
From the artist:
The Inconspicuous Breathalyzer
This is a home made breathalyzer designed for alcohol sobriety testing of singers in a karaoke bar. Seems somewhat redundant, as finding oneself in a karaoke bar generally implies an already inebriated state of mind. Probably this would have been more useful during the 60′s for the rock legends that were dropping like flies from intoxication.
From the creator:
When Oversized Ear Lobe Disks Are Played Out
The Instructables website is featuring a photo how-to on turning your ear into an elvin one. Are we set for a new category of persons: transhumanoids?
Instructables Body-Mod: Elf Ears
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DaVinci Origami
In the following video Dr. Norihiko Ishikawa from the Department of Telesurgery and Geomedicine at the University of Kanazawa uses the da Vinci robotic surgical system to fold origami cranes. Research like this could only have been performed in a Japanese environment, and we in the Occident can simply watch and learn.
We are anxiously looking forward to a 3D telerobotic bonsai pruning session.
RSStroom, The 21st Century Magazine Rack
Finally a device that intersects blogging with a critical medgadget, the RSStroom could be your personal news ticker for the commode. Only a conceptual device, designed a few years ago, that we haven’t noticed before, this seems like something that should be installed at the international space station to allow the astronauts to keep current with the news cycle.
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Don’t Forget to Brush Those Knees
Worth1000 hosts daily photoshoping contests, and the regular Medical Anomalies category is a very popular one. On the right you see a Sore Knee. Apparently folks are dissatisfied with the selection of diseases and medical dysfunctions that humans are already subject to.
Contest rules:
Taser for Your Health?
A strange incident set inside an emergency room, and involving a belligerent patient and an accompanying police officer armed with a Taser, may have led to the treatment of this chap’s atrial fibrillation.
From the Wall Street Journal Health Blog:
