Prosthetic eyeball turned into a flashlight

A 33-year-old Brian Stanley, in the US, has created an eye-catching innovation. After losing an eye to cancer, he created his own prosthetic eye and transformed its eyeball into a fully-functioning flashlight.

The gadget geek and innovator posted a video on Instagram featuring his prosthetic eye, showing a brief demonstration of the capability of his Titanium Cyborg Eye as a headlamp. The ‘titanium skull lamp’ is perfect for reading in the dark, it does not get hot and its battery life is 20 hours.

The video has amassed more than a million views. This is not the first time, Mr Stanley has created a cyborg eye, he has earlier created a prosthetic eye which had the same glow as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character in the film Terminator.

Bakery’s Star Wars inspired ‘Pan Solo’ sculpture

Catherine Pervan and daughter Hannalee Pervan, the owners of One House Bakery in Benicia, California, used dough to sculpt Han Solo frozen in carbonite from the end of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. The creation, dubbed ‘Pan Solo,’ was the duo’s entry in Benicia’s 15th annual Scarecrow Contest.

Photos posted to the bakery’s Facebook and Instagram accounts quickly went viral. The bakery previously found online fame with bread sculptures of Alligator Loki from Disney+ series Loki, and Mandalorian characters Din Djarrin, Grogu and IG-11 — “Pan-dough-lorian,” “Baby Dough-da” and “the Pandroid.”

First Francois’ langur monkey birth in St Louis zoo

Missouri’s St Louis Zoo announced the birth of a Francois’ langur monkey, the first of the endangered species to be born at the facility.

The female monkey, named Rhubarb, was born to first-time mother Dolly, 16, and father Deshi.

“Dolly and Rhubarb have a strong bond and Dolly is dedicated to caring for her daughter,” the post said. “The langur family are bonding in a private area of the habitat and may not be on view.”

The zoo added that Rhubarb’s arrival is “an important birth for this endangered species.”

Patient plays saxophone during brain surgery

During a delicate brain surgery, the patient remained awake and played the saxophone, according to a news release by Paideia International Hospital in Rome.

The 35-year-old patient, identified as G.Z., was kept awake and played his saxophone during the nine-hour surgery to remove a tumour from his brain. This allowed the surgeons to map the different functions of his brain as they operated.

“Awake surgery makes it possible to map with extreme precision during surgery the neuronal networks that underlie the various brain functions such as playing, speaking, moving, remembering and counting. It allows us to remove the brain tumour located in specific areas of the brain, while preserving the patient’s quality of life,” Dr Christian Brogna, who led the surgery team, said. Brogna added that the surgery was a success.

Published in Dawn, Young World, November 12th, 2022