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VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1

TOKEN RING As for now, you will be able to

WRITTEN BY: Nur Yasmin Raihan | 19 April 2018 achieve the following with the
Token Ring:

With everything is becoming smarter around our life, we now have a • Information security
smart RING that lets us leave pocket-full of cards and keys at home yet with the two-factor
still be able to make payment and obtain access. It is called the Token authentication
Ring invented by Melanie and Steve Shapiro in 2016 to “give you • An alternative ID for
control of your identity”. Our day often runs to a total standstill when workplace access
we forget a credit card, key or password. Token pretty much solves all • Contactless payment
the problems without compromising convenience. • Alternative to transit
tickets (only available
By pairing Token to the 1Token app on your smartphone, the sleek in cities with
metal ring is able to add and store your card information inside. User contactless ticketing)
authentication is carried out by its fingerprint scanner on the inside of • Unlocking computers
the ring prior to wearing or using it. So, nobody but only you can use
the ring. When the ring is removed from the finger, a built-in optical
sensor will detect the action and automatically lock all the stored
credentials to prevent third party use.

And when you need to make a payment, access a building, get on a

transit or access your car, just tap the ring over the scanner. The Token
Ring is NFC (near field communication) and Bluetooth compatible and
only work with scanners of with the same capabilities.

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Marko Maslakovic, Token ring is the portable solution to your hectic lifestyle,
http://gadgetsandwearables.com/2017/06/30/token-ring/, (April 2018)

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THE SURGICAL GLUE
THAT CAN REPAIR
“METRO” THE NEW SURGICAL GLUE INJURY IN 60 SECONDS
WRITTEN BY: Nur Yasmin Raihan | 19 April 2018
“The gel is not yet ready for prime
time, but will be a serious
Repairing an injury to a blood vessel or an organ after traumatic contender if future testing in
internal injury, especially involving the lung, is typically done by humans is successful.”
sutures, stapling devices and etc. Time is of the essence as patients can
rapidly lose large amounts of blood, predisposing them to shock, which The researchers hope to begin
places organs at risk for viability as time goes on. testing the gel in clinical trials in
Now, one research group may have solved the problem with humans in the near future, while
development of a new tissue glue derived from proteins naturally investigating other applications
present in the human body--offering hope that one day this approach in more newly developed, but
could be utilized as an intraoperative tool, on the battlefield, as well as untested versions of the
in emergency departments. 2 compound.

Part of what makes the discovery such a breakthrough is that it is

biocompatible, made from a highly elastic hydrogel sealant derived
from a human protein which has been configured to react to ultraviolet
(UV) light. Referred to as “MeTro”, (methacryloyl-substituted
tropoelastin), it is a protein derived from the elastic fibers that make
up human tissue.

MeTro gel applied to lung tissue

to seal injury (The University of
Sydney)

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Alex Hernandez, MeTro surgical glue can seal wounds on both organs and skin,
https://techaeris.com/2017/10/10/metro-glue-seal-wounds-organs-skin/, (October, 2011)

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FACT ABOUT VR:

VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) - Although virtual

reality can be used
WRITTEN BY: Nur Yasmin Raihan | 19 April 2018 for gaming, it is also
becoming popular for
other purposes such
as allowing a person
to feel as if they are
in a virtual reality
documentary.
- Virtual reality is
being used in health
care. It allows
medical students to
practice dangerous
procedures and gain
What is Virtual Reality? experience without
actually operating on
With the current hype surrounding virtual reality, it is easy to a human. It can also
assume that this is a recent technology. Contrary to popular belief, the help surgeons
term “virtual reality” was coined back in 1987 by computer scientist determine the best
Jaron Lanier and has been an active topic of research for 70 years point of entry for
(VRS, 2016). While this technology has been around for a while, it
surgeries.
has only very recently caught the public’s attention with the
unraveling of Oculus Rift and other similar devices.
The online tech magazine CNET describes virtual reality as “a
computer-generated environment that lets you experience a different
reality”. The associated headset fits over your eyes and projects virtual
images to you through two lenses. In this way, rather than seeing your current environment you
become completely immersed in the virtual one. This is contrasted against augmented reality,
which overlays computer-generated enhancements onto existing reality (for example the yard
lines added to televised sports events) (Lindsay, 2016).3Outside of gaming and entertainment,
virtual reality is also branching into the field of health. There are several areas of surgery and
mental illness where virtual reality can be beneficial.

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Chris Woodford, Virtual Reality, http://www.explainthatstuff.com/virtualreality.html, (March 2018)

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FACTS:

• No Longer Worry
during emergencies
LIFE STRAW and disasters as you
can carry the LifeStraw
WRITTEN BY: Nur Yasmin Raihan | 24 April 2018 everywhere you go.
A single gallon of water weighs 8 lbs. That’s about one day’s worth of
supply. If you want enough water to survive for 3 days, that would be • Save Money from
24 lbs of weight, excluding your emergency supply kit, clothing, etc. buying expensive filter
With a family of four, you would have at least 106 lbs of water… equipment.
…that’s equivalent to the weight of 5 car tires! But imagine hiking deep
into the
mountains or • Be Hassle Free from
camping out far constantly checking if
away with your your filter is working
family. And properly or if your
you realize that emergency bottled
your little water supply has
canister is expired.
down to one
drop of water… • Go Outdoors with Ease
knowing that if you
What would ever need clean water,
you do?
you just have to take
Introducing The
Best Invention your LifeStraw out.
Of The Year – LifeStraw4. It contains hollow fiber membranes to
naturally filter through the gunk and disease in your water and it only
weighs 2 ounces. LifeStraw is the most trusted portable water filter with
no complicated steps, no batteries, no chemicals. It is used for traveling,
in emergencies, as a daily source of drinking water in third world
countries. It filters up to 264 gallons or 1,000 litres of water.
Lifestraw is especially great for travelers. If you ever need to go to a
country where clean water is not easily accessible, instead of drinking
from unknown sources ofwater and make yourself sick, use the
LifeStraw! Having a LifeStraw could mean having constant supply of
safe and clean water.

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Vestergaard, LifeStraw, https://www.vestergaard.com/our-products/lifestraw/, (2013)

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PUP POCKET SCANNER “Imagination is not only the

uniquely human capacity to

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envision that which is not, and,
In most of the cases paper, is the most easily available resource on therefore, the foundation of all
which you can represent your imagination but about the securing it. It
will be very difficult for you to save your paper. Sometimes we must invention and innovation. In its
need technology to secure our imagination, so here we represent the arguably most transformative and
device which can
help you. revelatory capacity, it is the

The device is the power that enables us to

“PUP POCKET
empathize with humans whose
SCANNER”.5 It is
the world’s fastest experiences we have never
pocket scanner. It is
a very simple and shared.”
fast device. It is
mobile, tiny, ― J.K. Rowling
lightweight, wireless,
and also has a very long lasting battery. It is the very simple device to
use as it is having a button; it works automatically and takes care
from sheet of paper to its destination on the internet.

It makes you comfortable as it is a pocket device as you can scan your important paper or
documents whenever and wherever you want. You don’t need to worry about the dimensions of
your paper, you just need to put the laser on the boundaries of your paper and just press the
button. It comes with its own light; it doesn’t depend on the outer light. It automatically fixes the
dimension issues. It even works with books too. In short, it is the best scanner you can have.

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TechStartups Team, Pup: Pocket scanner for all uses, https://techstartups.com/2016/11/14/pup-pocket-scanner-
uses/, (November, 2016)