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OFF TOPIC => WORLD NEWS => Technology => Topic started by: Dazzler on March 01, 2019, 18:46:23

Title: This is on my bucket list (seriously) - Help with Parkinson's
Post by: Dazzler on March 01, 2019, 18:46:23: I am collecting a deluxe version of one of these in the next couple of days ($400) hope it helps. It's a bonus it was designed and tested here in my home state of Tasmania. I'll also get to meet the lady featured in the article.

:link: Tasmanian red light helmet treatment for Parkinson's disease symptoms prompts clinical trial - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-24/clinical-trials-for-wearing-led-helmets-treatment-parkinsons/10836906?fbclid=IwAR1v56w9BGaO_QcrO3laIbVGyrBmYTGMboMmsagSrJBzWSf-qaIlk9n4T7M)

http://www.facebook.com/darryl.bailey.7/posts/10156980237113749?notif_id=1551258634031704&notif_t=feedback_reaction_generic (http://www.facebook.com/darryl.bailey.7/posts/10156980237113749?notif_id=1551258634031704&notif_t=feedback_reaction_generic)
http://www.facebook.com/abcnorthtas/videos/vb.208672578733/378693386282030/?type=2&theater (http://www.facebook.com/abcnorthtas/videos/vb.208672578733/378693386282030/?type=2&theater)
Title: Re: This is on my bucket list (seriously) - Help with Parkinson's
Post by: mickd on March 02, 2019, 01:21:17: Nothing ventured, nothing gained .
Should look awesome at night!
Title: Re: This is on my bucket list (seriously) - Help with Parkinson's
Post by: Dazzler on March 02, 2019, 04:34:15: Quote from: mickd on March 02, 2019, 01:21:17
Nothing ventured, nothing gained .
Should look awesome at night!

I'll post a picture of me wearing it on FB once I get it. (and on here too I guess) :goodjob:
Title: Re: This is on my bucket list (seriously) - Help with Parkinson's
Post by: mickd on March 02, 2019, 04:59:18: Quote from: Dazzler on March 02, 2019, 04:34:15
Quote from: mickd on March 02, 2019, 01:21:17
Nothing ventured, nothing gained .
Should look awesome at night!

I'll post a picture of me wearing it on FB once I get it. (and on here too I guess) :goodjob:
Absolutely ! , also one in a room with no lights :lol: :victory:
Title: Re: This is on my bucket list (seriously) - Help with Parkinson's
Post by: Dazzler on March 02, 2019, 05:02:09: The lady that sells them lives in the whoop whoop (about and hour and a half away) she wants to deliver it to me next Wednesday as she's coming this way. Watch this space! :happydance:
Title: Re: This is on my bucket list (seriously) - Help with Parkinson's
Post by: CraigB on March 02, 2019, 06:08:43: If it works...great :happydance: hopefully for $400 it comes with something more than $3 worth of red LED's stuck on a safety helmet skull cap and mounted inside a bucket :snigger:
Title: Re: This is on my bucket list (seriously) - Help with Parkinson's
Post by: AlanHo on March 02, 2019, 07:31:58: Now you've seen the light you should buy a DeLorean to complete the ensemble.

Joking apart - I hope it works for you.
Title: Re: This is on my bucket list (seriously) - Help with Parkinson's
Post by: Shambles on March 02, 2019, 09:43:08: If it works, great. I have my doubts.

Though for the lady in the article, it seems to be steadying her hand when using a mouse sander :lol:

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Title: Re: This is on my bucket list (seriously) - Help with Parkinson's
Post by: Dazzler on March 02, 2019, 10:08:58: I've got to take my hat off to you skeptics.. I'm thinking if I use a long enough extension cord I can also use it as a sun hat and do some whipper snippering while I get my daily dose.

But seriously I'm quietly confident. With my luck I'll improve so quickly they'll reject my partly assessed disability claim! :crazy2: :crazy1: :Pout:
Title: Re: This is on my bucket list (seriously) - Help with Parkinson's
Post by: Dazzler on March 18, 2019, 04:22:14: So I've had my Coronet hat for around 10 days and I think I'm getting my sense of smell back and my brain seems less fuzzy ( I'm thinking clearer, less hunting for the right word or having to think so much before I speak.) So pretty happy so far. Hopefully in time I'll start noticing improvements in a few other symptoms.

It is programmed to do 12 minutes with the redder wavelength then 12minutes with the pinker one before switching off. They can connect with Bluetooth via an app to program different functions. I can use the app to pause the timer if I get a visitor or need a toilet stop.

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Title: Re: This is on my bucket list (seriously) - Help with Parkinson's
Post by: Mikkantoo on March 28, 2019, 20:38:21: Not what I expected to see/read when I clicked on this topic...

All the best, Darryl with your bucket, I really hope it gives you the results you're looking for, I sincerely mean that :goodjob:

As somebody who works in aged care (albeit not in a professional role and I'm also not insinuating you are "aged" :P ) it's interesting to see different techniques and methods being tried out to halt or at least alleviate the onset of dementia and in your case, Parkinson's. Once again, you have all my best wishes that it helps.

Also...tried driving with that on? Be an interesting time at a set of lights :P
Title: Re: This is on my bucket list (seriously) - Help with Parkinson's
Post by: Dazzler on March 29, 2019, 11:35:06: Thanks very much for that. Mine requires a 240 volt outlet to power the 12 volt transformer, but a lady on the Facebook parkinson's chat group has a similar gadget from Canada which cost about $3000 and she has apparently used it a couple of times on the way to work in the car and generated some confusion. .. :snigger:
Title: Re: This is on my bucket list (seriously) - Help with Parkinson's
Post by: TerryT on March 29, 2019, 12:10:42: Quote from: Mikkantoo on March 28, 2019, 20:38:21
Not what I expected to see/read when I clicked on this topic...

All the best, Darryl with your bucket, I really hope it gives you the results you're looking for, I sincerely mean that :goodjob:

...it's interesting to see different techniques and methods being tried out to halt or at least alleviate the onset of dementia and in your case, Parkinson's.

Once again, you have all my best wishes that it helps.

Well said Mikkantoo. My thoughts also.

PS. But, as a fashion statement I don't think it's going to catch on. :D
Title: Re: This is on my bucket list (seriously) - Help with Parkinson's
Post by: The Gonz on March 29, 2019, 20:32:58: Good on ya for giving it a go, Dazz. Don't be swayed by the 240V. There are cheap enough inverters you can use in the car. For what wattage / current is the plug pack rated?
Title: Re: This is on my bucket list (seriously) - Help with Parkinson's
Post by: Dazzler on March 30, 2019, 22:28:04: Quote from: The Gonz on March 29, 2019, 20:32:58
Good on ya for giving it a go, Dazz. Don't be swayed by the 240V. There are cheap enough inverters you can use in the car. For what wattage / current is the plug pack rated?

@The Gonz

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Title: Re: This is on my bucket list (seriously) - Help with Parkinson's
Post by: The Gonz on March 30, 2019, 23:18:06: Even better. Forget the inverter and just plug into your cigarette lighter for the 5A you need.

:link: 12V 3.5mm x 1.35mm Car Charger DC Power Adapter Cigarette Lighter Cable 3ft /BX | eBay (https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/12V-3-5mm-x-1-35mm-Car-Charger-DC-Power-Adapter-Cigarette-Lighter-Cable-3ft-BX/223036009571?hash=item33edfb6c63:g:e1wAAOSwuedbIqC5&redirect=mobile)
Title: Re: This is on my bucket list (seriously) - Help with Parkinson's
Post by: Dazzler on March 31, 2019, 13:09:15: Quote from: The Gonz on March 30, 2019, 23:18:06
Even better. Forget the inverter and just plug into your cigarette lighter for the 5A you need.

:link: 12V 3.5mm x 1.35mm Car Charger DC Power Adapter Cigarette Lighter Cable 3ft /BX | eBay (https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/12V-3-5mm-x-1-35mm-Car-Charger-DC-Power-Adapter-Cigarette-Lighter-Cable-3ft-BX/223036009571?hash=item33edfb6c63:g:e1wAAOSwuedbIqC5&redirect=mobile)

Think I have one like that. :victory:
Title: Re: This is on my bucket list (seriously) - Help with Parkinson's
Post by: mickd on April 01, 2019, 11:14:24: I said " just glue a phone battery on top of it ".