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Scientist and inventor Dr. Robert Fischell talks about the medical devices he has invented and how they are changing lives.
Recorded live at Balticon 40.

• Inventer of several medical devices.
• Invented an internal insulin pump for diabetics so they could be normal
• Diabetes runs in his family.
• The pump is placed in the abdomen
  
• Unfortunately it’s only available outside the US
• We talk about how he designs medical devices
• He has also invented a computer to control epilepsy. It get implanted in the brain and he feels it’s the closest thing to sci-fi that he’s done.
• PROMO: Morevi: The Chronicles of Rafe and Askana podiobook. Also available in print.
• PROMO: I Should Be Writing
• Moving into the sci-fi realm, what if we apply this computer to parkinson’s
  disease, OCD, depression, or any disease of the brain
• They can sell a lot of them if they can interface with the centers of sexual pleasure
• MUSIC: Doctor by BLOOM. Courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network

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