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C.N.N.S.
Carbon Nanotube Nutrition Sensors
A Treatment for Anorexia Without the Fear of Pain
What is Anorexia?
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A Hopeful Future for Those with a Darkened Past
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Our Mission
Our Goal is to make a successful treatment for
an anorexic patient. Our invention is the
C.N.N.S. or Carbon Nanotube Nutrition Sensor. The
C.N.N.S. includes a group of nanobots and a
carbon nanotube bracelet. A patch on the
underside of the bracelet will contain nanobots
which will be absorbed into the bloodstream. The
nanobots will have sensors that measure vital
signs such as heart rate, blood pressure, core
temperature, etc. The nanobots will not only be a
monitor of vital signs, they will also deliver
key nutrients that anorexics lack such as
glucose. If we succeed, anorexics will have a
much easier recovery with very few doctors
because the nanobots act like miniature hospitals
inside you. Our mission is to make the recovery
and treatment of anorexics much easier and less
painful.
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What is Anorexia?
Anorexia is a mental and physical disease in
which the patient fasts or eats very little for
an extended period of time. Four out of every 15
people in the world have anorexia. That means
that over 1 billion people suffer from this
disease. This disease is hard to detect and by
the time the doctors figure out you have anorexia
it can be too late. Anorexia causes suffering not
only to the patient, but also to the patients
family. Almost every anorexic diagnosed refuses
treatment and denies having this disease.
Therefore, the patient must see a physician,
therapist, and a nutritionist in order to get
healthy again. Nobody wants to suffer through
that. That is why we set out to find a way to
treat and help people rebound from this awful
disease.
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The Nano-bots
The nanobots work by harnessing thermal energy
produced by the human body. The Thermoelectric
Generator takes heat from a source and it goes
through thermocouples that produce electricity.
This electricity will power the nanobot on its
way through the bloodstream. The generator has a
very long life span, therefore the nanobot does
too. While the energy produced by the generator
is turned into energy the nanobot can run on by
the transformer, the sensor
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picks up vital sign signals. Those signals are
sent to the processor, which relays the
information to the transmitter. The transmitter
sends the information to the bracelet and the
bracelet sends the information to the doctor,
nutritionist, and therapist. The nanobot can also
receive signals from the bracelet, telling it
where in the body to go. The nutrient containment
area stores the nutrient the nanobot is
delivering to the body. When the nanobot gets to
the designated drop location the container hatch
opens, dropping the load.
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The Bracelet
The bracelet serves many functions in our
invention. The bracelet will store the nanobots
and release them into the blood stream using a
patch on the underside. It will be approximately
two inches long and carry close to 24 million
nanobots. The nanobots will send information to
the bracelet where the data will be organized and
sent to the nutritionist and doctor of the
patient. RFID tags will store the information
received by the bracelet.
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The wearer will also be able to communicate with
the doctor and nutritionist while their picture
will be shown on the display. A retina scanner
will be on the side of the bracelet so that it
unhinges when the doctor and/or nutritionist
shows it their eye. An alarm system will also be
included to the bracelet in case the wearer tries
to pull or rip it off. Three lithium ion
batteries and solar panels will be used to power
the bracelets computer. The bracelet will be able
to change color because it is made out of carbon
nanotubes which emit light.
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