HyperbaricLink Version 2.0 Goes Live

With every season we're getting closer to achieving our vision for a different kind of HBOT information resource. Redesigned with healthcare consumers and referring physicians first in mind, HyperbaricLink v2.0 brings some obvious improvements:

• New look and easier navigation
• More great content and helpful links
• Bigger and better directories
• More information in treatment center listings
• Innovative new ProfilePlus listings
  

Other enhancements may be hidden in the clockworks or best appreciated after long and frequent visits. We'll highlight many of these new features in the days and weeks ahead. And you can bet we're already hard at work on all sorts of other cool new ideas. In the meantime, please enjoy, and let us know what you think!

CO Detection: There's An App For That

Soon your cell phone may grow a nose that constantly sniffs the air for carbon monoxide and other dangerous airborne chemicals. Not only would this electronic innovation make your phone a personal CO detector, it could also alert civil defense authorities and emergency first responders to chemical events in real time.

Scientists at UC San Diego and Rhevision developed the tiny detectors, which use supermacro lenses to watch silicon chips that change color when exposed to airborne chemicals. Patterns of color on a single chip can signal a wide variety of toxic hazards.

UCSD's Michael Sailor and team are busy working on prototypes for cell phones and firefighter helmets. The project is funded by the Department of Homeland Security.

Thank you, Medgadget, for alerting us to another amazing new technology.

(Photo: Sailor Lab/UCSD)