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New camera can see through human body - BBC News

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See on Scoop.it - The future of medicine and health

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Scientists have developed a camera that can see through the human body.

The device has been designed to help doctors track medical tools, known as endoscopes, during internal examinations.

Until now, medics have had to rely on expensive scans, such as X-rays, to trace their progress.

The new camera works by detecting light sources inside the body, such as the illuminated tip of the endoscope’s long flexible tube.

Prof Kev Dhaliwal, of the University of Edinburgh, said: “It has immense potential for diverse applications, such as the one described in this work.

“The ability to see a device’s location is crucial for many applications in healthcare, as we move forwards with minimally invasive approaches to treating disease.”
‘Tissues and organs’

Early tests have shown the prototype device can track a point light source through 20cm of tissue under normal conditions.

Beams from the endoscope can pass through the body, but usually scatter or bounce off tissues and organs rather than travelling straight through.

That makes it problematic to get a clear picture of where the tool is.

The new camera can detect individual particles, called photons, and is so sensitive it can catch tiny traces of light passing through tissue.

It can also record the time taken for light to pass through the body, meaning the device is able to work out exactly where the endoscope is.

Researchers have developed the new camera so it can be used at the patient’s bedside.

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The Triangular Book of St. Germain.

The Dragon lineage holds the secret to longevity and transcendence. St. Germain was an alchemist renown for his longevity and youthful appearance. Alchemy begins and ends in the quest for Eternal Life. It is a Spiritual technology of Rebirth using natural methods that in their effect transcend Nature by amplifying that which is Immortal within us. It does not exist in Nature but must be prepared by Art. This book differs from many alchemical texts in its language, being more of a Ritual Invocation than a recipe.

Missing element has been the cryptographic key to the cipher text. It is highly possible that other secrets remain “buried” in the text for those astute enough to “dive deeply” into this metaphysical database. Surely the surface text is just the tip of the alchemical iceberg. One might immediately suspect even the Latin title page itself, which contains the intention of the author that this wisdom is a great gift for the wisest. Even the French text itself may be riddled with undiscovered ciphers, for St. Germain is known to have encoded secrets in up to eight languages at once, mixing them together freely to further conceal their treasure. The cryptographic text could still potentially conceal a variety of ciphers that should be explored as possibilities: simple substitution ciphers, key ciphers, wheel ciphers, Hermetic and Kabbalistic ciphers, number codes, etc.

The unusual triangular shape of the book itself implies the Three Principles of Alchemy: Salt, Mercury and Sulphur (Body, Soul and Spirit). The triangle itself upright is a symbol of Fire; reversed of water; and interlaced of the union of opposites. The triangle form could also suggest a triple meaning for the contents of the book: Alchemy, Kabbalah and Hermeticism. It is a recipe not only for experiencing a symbol in one’s inner world but for manifesting it in Reality, for becoming a living embodiment. The triangle is a 2-dimensional representation of a pyramid, a virtual Resurrection machine. There are 20 triangular faces in an Icosahedron, eight in an Octahedron, four in a Tetahedron, etc. The triangle, or Tetrahedron is the geometric basis of all forms. Precious stones exhibit crystal structures. The structure of the diamond, face-centered cubic close pack, is related to the alchemical squaring of the circle. The Tetrahedron is the most basic shape to be found in the three dimensional Universe of volume. The Merkaba Star Tetrahedron is actually two Tetrahedrons interlocked to form a three-demensional Star of David. The configuration of the Star Tetrahedron is formed within the first eight cells of life and remains fixed at the base of the spine throughout one’s life. The Star Tetrahedron also models the energetic body of the human being, the blending of Heaven and Earth, Male and Female and was known in esoteric knowledge of Ancient Egypt as the ‘Merkaba’.

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J.S. Bach
Concerto for Four Keyboards, BWV 1065 - 2

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A daily dose of Bach 

Concerto for Four Keyboards, BWV 1065  -  2. Largo 

Trevor Pinnock, Kenneth Gilbert, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Nicholas Kraemer
The English Concert  

(arrangement of Vivaldi’s Concerto for 4 violins in B minor, op.3 no.10)

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