"Spinning" the U.S. Passport--The Public Relations arm of the U.S. government takes a "stab" at your travel documents‏

by Janet Phelan

The latest edition of the US Passport exhibits what appears to be an Orwellian effort to deny the damage to the American dream our country has suffered in the last few years. Not content to spin the television news, the major newsprints and magazines, the US government has conjured up new travel documents that can only be considered a premeditated leap into a propagandistic fairyland.

A fearsome eagle is emblazoned across the photo page, which in prior editions demurely depicted only a photo of the passport holder, name and place of issue. One enters the new passport experience to find page after page of anachronistic American hype. Sprawled across the formerly blank visa pages, one now encounters Mt. Rushmore, the Mayflower, The Declaration of Independence, more bald eagles communing with buffalo and the obligatory Statue of Liberty, to name a few of the tried-and-true patriotic symbols of an American dream that has been reduced to rubble. Each page of the new "spun" passport also contains a statement from one of America's statesmen or visionaries of yore, including a few who may have been assassinated for trying to bring the American dream to fruition.

You got it--John F. Kennedy intones, from beyond the grave to "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty." On November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, JFK paid that price.

Similarly, Martin Luther King, another one of the victims of the rash of sixties' political murders, boldly states that "We have a great dream. It started way back in 1776, and God grant that America will be true to her dream." Well, Martin, you were as true as they get, all right. I hope you and the Kennedy boys are not getting apopleptic about what has transpired in the last forty plus years, up there in the Big Peace Rally in the sky.

George Washington also makes an appearance, exhorting us to "raise a standard to which the wise and honest may repair." The judges in our courts, who are now with shocking regularity violating statutory and constitutional law, might like to revisit that one.

The new passport is inclusive and egalitarian. The Mohawks have their soundbite here, declaring that "We send thanks to all the Animal life in the world. They have many things to teach us as people. We are glad they are still here and we hope it will always be so." The fact that the American Indians were the first victims of what is now commonplace American genocidal policies is not mentioned here. Given the recent disclosure of the plans by the US Department of Navy to "take" (kill) over 2 million marine animals in war training exercises off the Pacific Coast, looks like the hopes of the Mohawks have ended up in the burial grounds.

Not to worry, ladies. You too have a representative voice in the pages of the new passport. Anna Julia Cooper, author, educator and daughter of a slave, reminds us that "The cause of freedom is not a cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class--it is the cause of humankind, and the very birthright of humanity." I'd sure like to hear from all the vulnerable widows who were funneled into conservatorship programs, stripped of their property and their rights, then drugged to death in nursing homes as to how Cooper's vision played out for them.

The final page of the new "spun" passport exhibits a photo from space, depicting the earth, the moon and what appears to be a man-made satellite, possibly of the "spy" persuasion.
Adding injury to insult, the opposing page reads, "This document contains sensitive electronics. For best performance, do not bend, perforate or expose to extreme temperatures."

Hold on a minute here. "Sensitive electronics?" Could it be that the new passport, trumpeting the sanctity of our freedoms and liberties, actually contains a microchip? Could it be that this passport therefore contains a surveillance/tracking device? And is that spy satellite on the opposing page actually one of those satellites that can track RFID microchips?

And all this while I thought that the new passport was merely an exercise in verbal "spin." Could it be that this piece of thinly disguised propaganda is another means to tag, track and locate?

The initial efforts at creating identification systems in the US began as a means to identify runaway slaves. In otherwords, human property. Strange, I don't see anything about the history of slavery in this new passport. And what's the real intent of this micro-chipping frenzy anyway?

The only declassified document available concerning the "Clandestine Tagging, Tracking and Locating" program (http://blog.wired.com/defense/files/Richardson_Continuous.pdf )states that the capabilities of this program, initiated under SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND are "Classified." The highly technical verbiage in the CTTL document has some disturbing and apparently lethal implications as to what the "Classified" end result might be for someone who is "tagged, tracked and located." Could it be that....OMG!! The passport is...AARRGHHH...I can't breathe....call 911....NO, DON'T CALL 911!! Get me a chaplain, a doctor, paramedic, anyone QUICK!!

Mice Revived from Cells Frozen after 16 years

TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Japanese scientists have produced clones of mice that have been dead and frozen for 16 years -- a feat that could lead researchers to one day resurrect long-extinct species, such as the mammoth. Or perhaps a step closer to resurrecting Ted Williams now in deep cryogenics suspension in Arizona. When Ted Williams died last July 5, John Henry arranged to have his father's body frozen and moved to Alcor.

Cryonics is the practice of using very cold temperatures to stop the dying process when ordinary medicine can no longer sustain life. This is done with the intention of saving a patient's life until a cure for their illness can be found, and means developed to reverse the cryonics process.

Until now, scientists have only been able to produce clones using cells from live animals. This is how researchers created Dolly the Sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult animal.
Researchers had thought that frozen cells were unusable because ice crystals would have damaged the DNA. That belief would rule out the possibility of resurrecting extinct animals from their frozen remains.

But the latest research -- published in the journal, Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences -- shows that scientists may have overcome the obstacle.

Researchers at the Riken Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan, used cells from mice that had been frozen for 16 years at -20 Celsius (-4 degrees Fahrenheit).
They extracted the nucleus and injected it into eggs whose DNA had been removed. Several steps later, the scientists were able to clone the mice.

And Out of Zion Shall Come Forth the Electric Car

by Ezra HaLevi

(IsraelNN.com) Israel will introduce electric cars and the infrastructure necessary to make them a viable alternative to oil-consuming vehicles within the next three years.

The first cars, to be produced by Nissan and Renault, are projected to be on Israel’s streets by 2009, with 100,000 by the next year and a complete switchover from oil within the decade.

The initiative is aimed both at environmental friendliness and reducing the reliance on Arab oil.

Shai Agassi, who heads the initiative and founded Project Better Place, says the goal is to show the world that it is possible to stop using oil in a manner that can be replicated

Commenting on the cars themselves: “There's already an operational prototype. I've driven it, and it goes from 0 to 100 km per hour in 7.5 seconds. In other words, there's a product and it's one of the fastest cars on the road.”

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Poor People Happy; Rich People Scared

Many poor people happy; many rich people scared:

After years of secret preparation, the world’s cheapest car will be unveiled in Delhi this week - delighting millions of Indians as much as it is horrifying environmentalists.

At 100,000 rupees (£1,290), the People’s Car, designed and manufactured by Tata, is being marketed as a safer way of travelling for those who until now have had to transport their families balanced on the back of their motorbikes ...

Analysts say the project could revolutionise car prices, not just in India, but globally. Several other manufacturers have similar products in the pipeline. These figures alarm environmentalists ...

Cancer Fight Goes Nuclear

By ANDREW POLLACK New York Times Published: December 25, 2007

Medical centers are rushing to turn nuclear particle accelerators, formerly used only for exotic physics research, into the latest weapons against cancer.

The machines accelerate protons to nearly the speed of light and shoot them into tumors. Scientists say proton beams are more precise than the X-rays now typically used for radiation therapy, meaning fewer side effects from stray radiation and, possibly, a higher cure rate.

“I’m fascinated and horrified by the way it’s developing,” said Anthony L. Zietman, a radiation oncologist at Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital, which operates a proton center. “This is the dark side of American medicine.”

Dr. Zietman said that while protons were vital in treating certain rare tumors, they were little better than the latest X-ray technology in dealing with prostate cancer, the common disease that many proton centers are counting on for business.

“You can scarcely tell the difference between them except in price,” he said. Medicare pays about $50,000 to treat prostate cancer with protons, almost twice as much as with X-rays.

Proponents say that more than 800,000 Americans — representing nearly two-thirds of new cancer cases — undergo radiation therapy each year. If only 250,000 of them could benefit from protons, they would fill more than 100 centers.

Most people undergoing proton treatment are men with localized prostate cancer.
Proton therapy can help avoid the worst side-effects, like impotence, by exposing the bladder and rectum of a prostate patient to less radiation than X-rays. The stray radiation, though, from the newest form of X-rays, called intensity-modulated radiation therapy, is already low, diminishing any advantages from proton therapy.

X-rays, which are high-energy electromagnetic waves, pass through the body, depositing their energy all along the way, not just in the tumor. By contrast, protons — subatomic particles with a positive electrical charge — can be made to stop on the tumor and dump most of their payload there.

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Cancer a Very Lucrative Business?

With enough patients “it becomes a very lucrative system,” Mr. Phillips, a sales manager with Optivus Proton Therapy, said at the meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology held here in late October. Referring to one proton center that treats up to 175 patients a day, he added, “You can imagine what the return on investment is on that.”

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Mr. Phillip: If by chance you happen to be one of the 2,400,000 Americans that will become new victims of cancer every year, I would like to interview you and ask you "How does it feels becoming "Very Lucrative" business?"

Can you imagine getting old and having cancer? then you would be twice as lucrative, your name might even make it on InfoUSA advertised lists of “Elderly Opportunity Seekers,” 3.3 million older people “looking for ways to make money,” and “Suffering Seniors,” 4.7 million people with cancer or Alzheimer’s disease. “Oldies but Goodies” contained 500,000 gamblers over 55 years old, for 8.5 cents apiece. One list said: “These people are gullible. They want to believe that their luck can change.”

What if you are old, have cancer and get Alzheimer's ? Would this list sell at premium?

Stem Cells Can Improve Memory After Brain Injury

ScienceDaily (Nov. 2, 2007) — New UC Irvine research is among the first to demonstrate that neural stem cells may help to restore memory after brain damage

In the study, mice with brain injuries experienced enhanced memory -- similar to the level found in healthy mice -- up to three months after receiving a stem cell treatment. Scientists believe the stem cells secreted proteins called neurotrophins that protected vulnerable cells from death and rescued memory. This creates hope that a drug to boost production of these proteins could be developed to restore the ability to remember in patients with neuronal loss.

"Our research provides clear evidence that stem cells can reverse memory loss," said Frank LaFerla, professor of neurobiology and behavior at UCI. "This gives us hope that stem cells someday could help restore brain function in humans suffering from a wide range of diseases and injuries that impair memory formation."

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Zero-Kilometer Teeth

Dental implants in which a damaged tooth root is replaced by one made of titanium represent a radical change for those who have lost their teeth, and are the best option to discard uncomfortable and unsightly dental bridges.

These devices are artificial replacements of natural tooth roots. They work as small anchors shaped as screws that are carefully drilled into the jawbone. Artificial teeth are then placed on the part of the implant projecting from the gum.

A diagnosis procedure known as Nobelguide is being used in Colombia, whereby the patients information is sent to a robotized plant in Sweden. There, the surgical procedure is mapped and a a guide is sent back showing where each tooth should be placed. This is the most advanced technique in the field.

During the postoperative, the patient must be careful to eat a soft diet for some days after surgery, and on the first day apply a cold Therapy by eating food at low temperatures to counter swelling. Each implant has an approximate cost of US$1.5OO~

Prototype Air and Road Craft

Terrafugia, Inc. has a prototype air and road craft called the Transition. It has made appearances at the Oshkosh, Wisconsin AirVenture Show in July, 2007. The Transition road n´air craft can take to the skies, land, fold up its wings and drive home. The anticipated completion date is late 2008.

The Transition is designed for short hops with a range of 460 miles or less. It utilizes Super-unleaded gasoline as a source of fuel. It has a take off distance over 50 foot obstacles of 1700 feet. The craft Vs is 51 mph and Vr is 80mph. The anticipated completion date is late 2008.

Are Our Elders Puppets to Play With ?

Or are they feeling human beings whose wishes and desires we should honor and respect?

Keep Hackers Out! Hackers pose a constant threat to the Home PC.

Hackers pose a constant threat to the Home PC. Keep Hackers Out!

Article by Valeria Gooner

If you've ever spent time just hanging around a big city's street, you may have noticed an interesting phenomenon: the car door handle flipper. He's the dude sauntering alongside a row of parked cars nonchalantly trying each door handle to see if it opens. He's looking for that promotion from urban nuisance to car thief. He's in no hurry and he doesn't discriminate between the cars. This is how computer hackers work as they search for access to someone's home computer.

Like the prospective car thief, hackers randomly and systematically scan machines on a network, like Road Runner's or Earthlink's for example, looking for a way in. The way in is one of the 65,535 ports that exist as a part of any machine's IP address.

If nothing is holding these access points closed, the hacker knocks until a port answers. Nothing personal, the whole thing is automated, and the hacker is probably off doing his laundry or playing UNO with his little brother while his port-scanning script runs wild over the network you happen to be using.

“Lately, a number of worms and virus infections have, among other things, ‘listened' on a particular port, so that when scanned, the infected computer is able to be controlled remotely. Computers that have been hacked this way are said to have a ‘back door,' and are used to send spam and conduct internet attacks, among other things. What this means is that the computer is completely unsecured and readable from across the net,” explains Rob Noel , Client Services Manager for OASIS. It is frightening to think that your machine might be used for nefarious purposes, isn't it?

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Are You Ready for the BIO-Age?

The nation's first genetically altered household pet is a zebra fish that glows fluorescent.

The normally black-and-silver zebra fish were inserted with genes from sea anemones or jellyfish to turn them red or green, and glow under black or ultraviolet lights.

The GloFish™ doesn’t really look like Nemo. It is a zebra fish, and Nemo’s a clown fish. But in the wake of Finding Nemo, demand for clown fish at tropical fish stores soared. And stocks ran low.

The GloFish™ became the next best thing. It’s a fish that glows. Suddenly, every kid had to get one in their aquarium.

One hundred thousand fish were reported sold in less than a month at US$18.60 apiece

The inspectors said the fish have not been scientifically researched enough in Canada yet. There were too many questions, like what happens if somebody swallows one or the fish gets released into the environment.

In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration says there’s no reason to regulate the GloFish™ because they pose no threat to the food supply. The FDA also says there’s no evidence they pose any threat to the environment that's any greater than the regular zebra fish, which have not been genetically modified.

Still, a group called the centre for Food and Safety has launched a lawsuit against the FDA for its failure to properly regulate the GloFish™.

California blocks sales of 'Glofish' 'An abuse of the power we have over life'

Yorktown Technologies of Texas, which has the license to market the fish, and the state of Florida, in which the fish are grown, argued before the commission that the altered fish tolerate cold less than natural zebra fish, and they could not survive in California waters.

"Welcome to the future. Here we are, playing around with the genetic bases of life," Schumchat said. "At the end of the day, I just don't think it's right to produce a new organism just to be a pet.

"To me, this seems like an abuse of the power we have over life, and I'm not prepared to go there today."

Since when did a product of nature become an intellectual property of another person?

This scientific advance introduced new questions on ethics and morality that may have not been thought of before. Science has advance so quickly that the legal department should better think fast. Such legal issue I think will become a challenge to the legislation as well as to the Supreme Court.

Is it ethical to introduce these organisms to the environment? Following Darwin’s theory of evolution, it took nature billions of years for the organisms that we see today to evolve in order to adapt to the environment and coexist with others and it will only take years or even a baffling number of days to change the face of nature.

This article was taken from diverse sources for E.A.

Ben Franklin Spoke About the Future !

Here at E.A. we like to talk about the past and the future, Ben Franklin a great visioner, who would have ever thought the things he envisioned would become commonplace in todays world.

What about the things he envisioned for tommorrow's world could he also been right about those things becoming commonplace in the future?

"... Ben Franklin was more responsible than any one else for creating the modern world .... No one did more too shape the physical/cultural makeup of present day civilization.... Accordingly, he was one of the most influential figure of the millennium...."

- B. FRANKLIN. talks about the future ......

"I wish it were possible... to invent a method of embalming drowned persons, in such a manner that they might be recalled to life at any period, however distant; for having a very ardent desire to see and observe the state of America a hundred years hence, I should prefer to an ordinary death, being immersed with a few friends in a cask of Madeira, until that time, then to be recalled to life by the solar warmth of my dear country! But... in all probability, we live in a century too little advanced, and too near the infancy of science, to see such an art brought in our time to its perfection... "

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN wanted a procedure for stopping and restarting metabolism, but none was then known. Do we live in a century far enough advanced to make biostasis available - to open a future of health to patients who would otherwise lack any choice but dissolution after they have expired?

We can stop metabolism in many ways, but biostasis, to be of use, must be reversible. This leads to a curious situation. Whether we can place patients in biostasis using present techniques depends entirely on whether future techniques will be able to reverse the process. The procedure has two parts, of which we must master only one.

If biostasis can keep a patient unchanged for years, then those future techniques will include sophisticated cell repair systems. We must therefore judge the success of present biostasis procedures in light of the ultimate abilities of future medicine. Before cell repair machines became a clear prospect, those abilities - and thus the requirements for successful biostasis - remained grossly uncertain. Now, the basic requirements seem fairly obvious.

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More From Transvision 2007

by Ronald Bailey

Ronald Bailey brings us another report from Transvision 2007 at Reason Online: "The Tuesday evening session was devoted to another sort of speculative revival technology, cryonics.

Presentations were made by three members of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation. ... Alcor currently has 850 members with 78 patients who are cryonically suspended. The first talk was by nanotechnologist Ralph Merkle who gave the standard line that cryonics is an experimental technology for life extension. The question is do you want to be in the experimental group or in the control group? ... Alcor has a team that flies to the bedsides of clients whose hearts are about to stop.

Once they do stop, the team begins immediately to try to limit damage to their brains. To do that Alcor technicians pump patients' bodies up with cryoprotectants that prevent the formation of damaging ice crystals. ... Alcor is about to begin experiments with mice to see if they can be cooled and then revived. ...

A Peek at Developing Technologies of the Future

Andrew Rosenson, a doctor who heads up Chicago Heartscan, didn't peer so much into the future, but showed us the results of some remarkable recent advances in medical imaging. Combining various imaging technologies, CT scans with PET scans enable physicians and surgeons to precisely isolate areas of disease within a patient's body. Last year, given my family's history of heart disease, I decided to take advantage of this technology by having my heart scanned by a 64-slice CT scanner. Contrary to my critics' views, I do, in fact, have a heart:

Later in the day, Sirius satellite radio founder, Martine Rothblatt, discussed "Cybernetic Biostasis." The idea is that people should be creating digital mindfiles throughout their lives that could be used to revive them by means of mindware when sufficiently strong artificial intelligence is developed. As Rothblatt explained, mindfiles would record aspects of an individual including mannerisms, personality traits, recollections, feelings, beliefs, attitudes and values. This can be done compiling digital photos and videos, blogs and diaries, the results of psychological testing, and sensecam data. Rothblatt specifically cited the work of information scientist William Sims Bainbridge on personality capture.

To enable the creation of mindfiles, Rothblatt's Terasem Foundation has created the websites, Cyberev.org and Lifenaut.com. Cyberev is short for "cybernetic beingness revival."

The Tuesday evening session was devoted to another sort of speculative revival technology, cryonics. Presentations were made by three members of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation.

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Transvision 2007 - Transhumanity Saving Humanity

A conference titled Transhumanity Saving Humanity – Inner Space to Outer Space will be held in Chicago, July 22-26, 2007. The conference will feature three full days of dialogue on the civilizations of tomorrow.

TV07 brings extraordinary people from across the globe together with more than 30 distinguished speakers, entertainers and visionaries, including: Raymond Kurzweil, Aubrey de Grey, and William Shatner!

Here is a quick summary of the conference topics:• Day One: Inner space: Transforming Ourselves, Longevity, Life Extension, Nanotech, Nanomedicine, Bionics, Biotech, SENS, Cryonics• Day Two: Meta space: Transforming Humanity, Environment, Global Warming, Sustainable Housing, Alternative Energy, AI, Robotics, Virtual Reality• Day Three: Outer space: Beyond the Planet, Future Humans, Colonizing Outer space, Space Tourism, Future Civilizations

More info visit Transvision2007.Com

Second Life Sex Bed Spawns Virtual Copyright Action

article by Jonathan Richards Tampa,Florida

Second Life sex bed spawns virtual copyright action

In the first known case of virtual copyright, a man is suing another for copying and then selling a piece of furniture that does not exist

A bed which allows residents of the virtual world Second Life to have sex is at the centre of the first known case to be brought in virtual copyright.

A Florida-based businessman who sells the bed inside Second Life claims another man has copied his creation, and is now bringing an action against his competitor in the real world, even though the bed is not real.

Kevin Alderman runs a company called Eros LLC, which makes adult entertainment goods.

One of Eros's most popular products is a piece of virtual furniture called the SexGen bed, which allows users of Second Life to have their online characters - known as avatars - interact intimately with one another.

Mr Alderman says his company has sold thousands of 'copies' of the bed - which enables more than 150 sex animations - in Second Life for just over $45 each.

Since April, however, another Second Life resident, going by the name Volkov Cattaneo, has been selling a bed which, Mr Alderman says, closely resembles his own creation, at a sharply reduced price ($15).

Mr Alderman, whose avatar is named Stroker Serpentine, has therefore brought a copyright action against his competitor, and requested that Linden Labs, the company which runs Second Life, release details of Catteneo's real identity.

Francis Taney, Mr Alderman's lawyer, said that his client is requesting financial information as well as internet address details of Catteneo from both Linden Labs and Pay Pal, which Catteneo has used to conduct transactions online.

"Eros products have built a reputation for performance, quality and value," the action, filed with a district court in Tampa, Florida, says.

"The company has been damaged, and continues to be irreparably damaged by diversion of sales."

Mr Alderman, who says he has sold 'thousands' of SexGen beds in the game since 2005, is seeking damages equivalent to three times the estimated profit Catteneo has made through sales of his rival sex bed.

"We're not going to sue him for a million dollars - I don't want to crucify the guy. I'm trying to protect my income and my family."

In an interview, Catteneo, who would not provide his real name, said he was not afraid of the subpoena. "I'm not some kind of noob," he told Reuters. "I don't even have a permanent address (in real life) either."

Second Life, which has just under 8 million residents, is home to many entrepreneurs who make a living selling virtual goods, for which residents pay in the world's own currency, the Linden Dollar. The Linden Dollar has a variable exchange rate with the US dollar.

Lawyers said there was no reason a virtual good - effectively a piece of code - could not attract the same property rights as items in the real world.

"If it's been created then someone has rights to it," Mark Owen, a partner at the law firm Harbottle & Lewis, said, adding that there were "lots of precedents" for copyright cases being brought in relation to software, such as computer games.

David Naylor, a partner at Field Fisher Waterhouse, a London-based firm which has set up an office in Second Life, said: "It's pretty indisputable that if you create an artistic work and it looks like a bed, then you have copyright in it.

"It may be more difficult to show there's been infringement, though, where the 'look and feel' of the two works are very similar, but there has not been direct copying of the graphics or underlying code" he said.

A spokesman for Second Life was not immediately available for comment.

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To the person that wrote in, you are absolutely right , this has nothing to do with elder abuse, however weekends we try to distract ourselves and publish unique and unusual news thus changing the topic to keep from burning out on the constant stress of elder abuse that has become the crime 'de jour' an epidemic of unprecedented proportions.

Smart Toilet Checks On Your Health

Not just to relieve yourself: The call of nature can turn into an interactive medical checkup with the Intelligence Toilet, which can check your blood pressure, urine protein, weight and body fat on the control panel. Photos: AFP

Health checks from your doctor could be replaced by visits to the bathroom, thanks to a smart toilet developed by a Japanese company.

Now the call of nature can turn into a medical checkup.

The "Intelligence Toilet" system, created by Japan's largest toilet company, Toto, can measure sugar levels in urine, blood pressure, body fat and weight.

The toilet, which starts at $3,500, was developed by Toto in conjunction with homebuilder Daiwa House Industry.

Users begin their toilet-room medical at the built-in urine analyzer, which collects five cubic centimeters (0.15 fluid ounces) of urine before analyzing sugar levels. The device cleans itself automatically after the one-minute long test.

Users then move to the blood pressure monitor, within arm's reach of the toilet, then weigh themselves on a set of scales in front of the basin and measure their body mass index (BMI) after washing their hands.

Once results are taken, they are transferred to a home network, and analyzed on a computer spreadsheet.

Advice about diet and exercise is then dispensed, without any human intervention.

Daiwa's chairman came up with the idea after having medical care nine years ago and the company has already sold 100 of the machines.

"When our chairman was hospitalized, he saw many people coming in to have tests and returning home with lots of medicine. It made him want to build a house where you can have health checks," Daiwa House spokesman Miki Chino told AFP.

A Peek Into Our Amazing Universe !

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This pictures where taken with the Hubble Telescope for more wonderous pictures of our amazing universe please visit Galaxy Photography by Jason Ware >>

reposted 7/14/07

Video: Monitoring Mom and Pop from afar

Long distance eldercare
Take a brief glimpse at AT&T's new Home Monitoring Service and the Philips Lifeline, two tools that help caregivers monitor elderly people when they can't be at home with them.

CNET News.com's Dawn Kawamoto reports >>

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