Virtual 3D heart to treat babies
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Virtual reality techniques are helping Danish doctors diagnose heart defects in newborn babies.
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Scientists say changes in children's small blood vessels could be used to predict heart disease in later life.
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Four-month-old Damaris Ochoa was near death, born with an enlarged heart that was quickly giving out. Obtaining a transplant in time was a long shot...
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A "safe, secure" virtual world which children can inhabit and interact with is being planned by the BBC.
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RAMAT GAN, Israel  - A new system is using virtual  reality scenes of surfing and jogging to help physiotherapy  patients improve their balance and, for some, even to learn to  walk again.
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The stripped-out shell of a heart has been made to work again - using brand new cells planted inside it.
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Heart cells grown from human embryonic stem cells have the potential to be biological pacemakers. Researchers at the Technion Institute in Haifa, Israel have demonstrated that when the embryonic
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A mesh &quot;sleeve&quot; surgically wrapped around the heart has shown promise for helping people with heart failure. Manufacturers of the new device, the Acorn CorCap Cardiac Support
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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation hopes to gain insight into how virtual worlds are used by young people.
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Devices made of heart tissue could screen drugs and power implantable robots.
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One of the under-appreciated events at this year's 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona was the demonstration by graphics component manufacturer nVidia of a theoretical user interface programmed using a 3D library evolved from OpenGL. The Khronos Group industry consortium - of which nVidia is a member - used the company's demonstration to highlight the public release of version 1.0 of the OpenKODE specification for embedded systems.
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A molecule that promotes the growth of the young heart shows promise as a treatment for heart attack in animal studies and is being readied for human trials, researchers report.
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The magic of digital photography allows you to see a pregnancy progress over a mere 10 seconds, and the result is eerily science-fictiony. In Table of Malcontents.
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Giving a bear hug to his surgeon and a thumbs-up to other hospital staff, a 14-year-old boy went home for Christmas &#151; the first child to receive a new heart after relying on a newly developed miniature heart pump.
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Big Blue is investing big to see how it can make 3D virtual environments pay off for the company and its customers.Images: Big Blue in 'Second Life'
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Movable parts in a silicone face enable 'emotional' response to key words.
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Children have always enjoyed  make-believe. Now, some new Web sites are letting them live out  their fantasies in virtual worlds using self-designed avatars.