Accordion crimes: diabetes and the foot

The Laptop Accordion

The“Laptop Accordion”co-opts the commodity laptop computer to craft an expressive, whimsical accordion-like instrument. It utilizes the opening and closing of the laptop screen as a physical metaphor for accordion bellows, and the laptop keyboard as a musical buttonboard. Motion is tracked using the laptop camera via optical flow and mapped to continuous control over dynamics, while the sound i...

The Charcot Foot in Diabetes

The diabetic Charcot foot syndrome is a serious and potentially limb-threatening lower-extremity complication of diabetes. First described in 1883, this enigmatic condition continues to challenge even the most experienced practitioners. Now considered an inflammatory syndrome, the diabetic Charcot foot is characterized by varying degrees of bone and joint disorganization secondary to underlying...

Diabetes and the diabetic foot in 2011

We are facing a world epidemic of type 2 diabetes that is now one of the biggest threats to the health of the world for the 21 Century. Previously published figures by the IDF are already gross underestimates of the current situation as recent studies from China suggest a prevalence of diabetes of almost 10%: thus the combined population of diabetic individuals from China and India is likely > ...

The novelty of the "Accordion Grating Illusion"

Recent crimes and the veterans.