Woman survives 45 minutes without pulse
Washington: A woman in the US managed to survive after going 45 minutes without a heartbeat due to complications from the Cesarean section she underwent in a hospital, a media report said Monday.
Ruby Graupera-Cassimiro, 40, a resident of Boca Raton, north of Miami city, went 45 minutes without a pulse, and the desperate resuscitation attempts by a medical team made up of 12 physicians and nurses failed to revive her. They called her family to her side and told them there was nothing more they could do to save her life.
Her family cried over the woman in the operating room as doctors began turning off the monitors and proceeded to abandon the procedures to revive her — when suddenly a monitor detected the first heartbeat, then another and another, the daily Sun-Sentinel said.
“She essentially spontaneously resuscitated when we were about to call the time of death,” Thomas Chakurda, spokesperson for the Boca Raton Regional Hospital, said.
Ruby Graupera-Cassimiro had given birth to a healthy baby girl before some amniotic liquid entered her bloodstream and heart and stopped her circulation, a situation that is generally fatal.
Chakurda called the woman’s survival doubly miraculous because she not only survived 45 minutes without a pulse or heartbeat, but she also escaped without any brain damage.
Up to now, doctors have been unable to provide a scientific explanation for the woman’s “resurrection.” (IANS)
Touch-sensitive, colour changing bra invented
TOKYO: Japanese women can now show off their bonds with their siblings with the help of a new bra that changes colour when touched.
The “Close Sisters Bras” from manufacturer Triumph is made from electronic paper, which acts as a flexible screen.
From blue snowflakes on a white background, the ‘Disney’s Frozen’ inspired bras change colour to a black background with white polka dots or tiny hearts, rocketnews24 reported.
“The depiction, in movies and the like, of sisters helping each other and becoming more confident, have moved all of Japan,” the company said in a statement.
The lingerie showcases the “futago kode” trend in Japanese fashion, where women wear matching outfits to recognize and reinforce their friendship.
Two years ago, Triumph had created a bra with cooling gel pads tucked inside, to save energy, and in 2013, it endorsed the Japanese government’s plan to increase Japan’s GDP by two percent with a golden bra that visually increased bust size by the same amount. (IANS)
Bullet that makes 3D printed guns deadly weapons
New York: A Pennsylvania-based machinist has developed a bullet designed to be fired specifically from 3D printed guns.
His ammunition uses a thicker steel shell with a lead bullet inserted an inch inside.
The shell is deep so that it can contain the explosion of the round’s gunpowder instead of transferring that force to the plastic body or barrel of the gun.
“This allows a home-printed firearm made from even the cheapest materials to be fired again and again without cracking or deformation,” Michael Crumling, the 25-year-old machinist, was quoted as saying in a Wired.com report.
“You should be able to fire an unlimited number of shots through the gun without replacing any parts other than the shell,” Crumling added.
He recently shot 19 rounds from a 3D printed gun of his own design at a testing session in York, Pennsylvania.
“This is a building block for the future of 3D printed firearms that will enable people to develop semi-automatic and even fully automatic weapons,” he concluded. (IANS)