DISCOVERY CHANNEL MAGAZINE JUNE/JULY 2010
1. HIGH CLIMBER DIET
Secret to reduce the weight is by increasing altitude b’coz
Increasing altitude will reduce appetite-increase level of leptin, hormone that reduces hunger
increasing altitude will increase metabolic rate that will reduce the weight
“I would recommend that obese people spend their holidays in the mountain”
2. DENGUE FEVER
No vaccine or effective treatment yet
Modified strain males will be released to affect the female
So, flightless female Aedes aegypti that spread the disease will be born
Function likes insecticide
Can be used to fight malaria too
3. SOUND TOOTH
Using teeth instead of ear to treat single-aided deafness
Use bone conduction instead of air conduction
Microphone in the ear will pick up the sound → send it wirelessly to the device attached to the teeth →
translate sound into vibration → into inner ear through jawbone
translate sound into vibration → into inner ear through jawbone



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