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Title The New Inventors
Published Australia : ABC, 2011
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Summary New inventions include a high speed isokinetic training system for both elite athletes and rehab patients; a personally moulded, quiet and comfortable sleep apnoea treatment mask; and a self-fitted hearing aid.Hosted by James O'Loghlin, The New Inventors is curing what ails you with an episode featuring the latest inventions to make us healthier and happier. Deciding the winner of these three inventions are: science broadcaster Bernie Hobbs, engineer James Bradfield Moody, and surgeon and inventor Professor Fiona Wood.Inventions featured on the program: TEKS - by inventor Alan Maynard from SAIsokinetic exercise uses a specialised apparatus that creates variable resistance to movement, so no matter how much effort you exert, movement continues at a constant speed. This kind of exercise is used to improve muscular strength and endurance, especially after injury. The problem is, the machines required for this are so expensive that they're usually only found in hospitals and universities, beyond the reach of ordinary physiotherapists.Teks is a high speed isokinetic training system for both elite athletes and rehab patients. The invention uses a unique hydraulic system that is much cheaper than existing isokinetic systems. Teks also allows for much faster exercise, so both rehabilitation patients and elite athletes can increase the speed and power of their musculature. The system is already being used by athletes in a number of different elite sports.TRUEFIT - by inventor Collin Anderson from NSWFifteen years ago Collin was diagnosed with sleep apnoea. While such a diagnosis would trouble many, Collin felt greatly relieved. He thought that now he knew what was wrong with him there would be a way to treat it. But when he tried the masks commonly used to treat the condition he found them so uncomfortable and annoying, the thought of wearing them the rest of his life drove him into the shed to think of something better.He spent the next nine years using his engineering skills to realise his vision of a sleep apnoea mask that is tailored to fit the user. TrueFIT is a personally moulded, leak-proof, quiet and comfortable sleep apnoea treatment mask that will stay in place, no matter what position you choose to sleep in.SELF-FITTED HEARING AID - by inventors Peter Blamey and Daniel Taft from VICOne in every six Australians suffers from hearing loss, yet 80% of the people who could benefit from a hearing aid don't have one. A hearing aid comes with the cost of having an audiologist tune it for your own ear, and the initial cost alone is often $10,000.The Self-Fitted Hearing Aid couples a hearing aid with a unique system of filtering sound, along with newly developed software that allows a user to easily adjust levels to their most optimal level from the comfort of their own home, without the need for expensive audiologist consultations. This technology could make a huge impact in improving the hearing of people who have previously been excluded from easy and affordable access to better hearing
Event Broadcast 2011-06-22 at 20:00:00
Notes Classification: NC
Subject Hearing aids -- Technological innovations.
Inventions.
Isokinetic exercise.
Sleep apnea syndromes -- Treatment.
Technological innovations.
Australia.
Form Streaming video
Author Anderson, Collin, contributor
Blamey, Peter, contributor
Hobbs, Bernie, contributor
Maynard, Alan, contributor
Moody, James Bradfield, contributor
O'loghlin, James, host
Taft, Daniel, contributor
Wood, Fiona, contributor