Discovery

[firelizard5]

I have discovered many delightful things this week:

1. I went on a tour of UNC disability services and discovered that the iPad is natively blind-friendly. Once a sighted person turns on the accessibility features, a combination of multitouch gestures and a spoken display, combined with the Dragon voice-input app allows anyone to use the device

Comments

[neldluva]

Yay for a crown, and for your insurance actually being useful, for a change! I seriously flailed with joy when I read that. I'm very glad for you.

In regards to stem cells from menstrual blood ... useful, and unexpected! Does this mean that birth control like Seasonique, the kind that makes you only have 4 periods a year, is anti-stem cell research? Trying to kill one very ready supply of stem cells, one lady at a time.

Also, I sense an issue with collecting said menstrual blood. Yes, my Diva Cup could be used for that purpose, but I'm more inclined to flush than to donate. And it would be messy.

[firelizard5]

Believe it or not, someone is already designing a special menstrual cup for this purpose:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-20005407-247.html?tag=mncol;title

I my not-a-doctor opinion, the bigger problem would be freshness. I imagine that, should this technique prove useful, some enterprising folks will set up donor banks where women on the first day of their period can have a vacuum extraction. I would be in favor of this! Much less painful than blood or marrow donation, and it would mean light/non-existent periods. I could give up birth control entirely.

[neldluva]

... Those look a little intimidating. But I guess they might work. I would prefer your vacuum idea. Less fuss and muss for me, and no worrying about transport and freshness. I don't think I'm qualified to be doing extraction on my own.

[grammarcookie]

I'm sure the conservatives will jump on that - a new way to make birth control seem anti "life"!

[scifiben]

I second the "yay, the insurance actually decided to stop being insane!"