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It's got nothing to do with Marijuana, but its a HOVER BOARD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's impossible to talk about hoverboards without invoking a particular movie title, so we're not even going to try: Remember that awesome scene from Back to the Future Part II? It's one step closer to reality: A California startup just built a real, working hoverboard. Arx Pax is attempting to crowdfund the Hendo Hoverboard as a proof of concept for its hover engine technology -- it's not quite the floating skateboard Marty McFly rode through Hill Valley (and the Wild West), but it's an obvious precursor to the imagined ridable: a self-powered, levitating platform with enough power to lift a fully grown adult.

I initially approached the floating pallet with caution, expecting it to dip and bob under my weight like a piece of driftwood. It didn't. The levitating board wiggled slightly under my 200-pound frame, but maintained its altitude (a mere inch or so) without visible strain. Arx Pax tells me that the current prototype can easily support 300 pounds and future versions will be able to hold up to 500 pounds without issue. Either way, you'll need to hover over a very specific kind of surface to get it to hold anything: The Hendo uses the same kind of electromagnetic field technology that floats MagLev trains -- meaning it will only levitate over non-ferrous metals like copper or aluminum.

Riding the contraption was a lot fun, but also quite the challenge: The Hendo hoverboard doesn't ride at all like McFly's flying skateboard. In fact, without a propulsion system, it tends to drift aimlessly. Arx Pax founder and Hendo inventor Greg Henderson says it's something the company is working on. "We can impart a bias," he tells me, pointing out pressure-sensitive pads on the hoverboard's deck that manipulate the engines. "We can turn on or off different axes of movement." Sure enough, leaning on one side of the board convinces it to rotate and drift in the desired direction. Without feeling the friction of the ground, however, I had trouble knowing how much pressure to exert -- Henderson's staff had to jump in and save me from spinning out of control. Clearly, this might take some practice.

As fun as its current form is, Henderson didn't necessarily set out to reinvent transportation. The Hendo engine's original inspiration came from architecture. "It came from the idea of hovering a building out of harm's way," he says. "If you can levitate a train that weighs 50,000 kilograms, why not a house?" After some prodding, he clarifies the idea as a sort of emergency lifting system that could theoretically raise a building off of its foundation during an earthquake, essentially rendering the natural disaster's tremors harmless. The idea sounds as fictional as, well, a hoverboard -- but he already built one of those. Henderson says that floating a building is a long-term goal. Right now, the technology is in its early stages, and he's just trying to get it in the hands of engineers with big ideas.

That's where the Hendo "white box" comes in. Backers who contribute to the company's Kickstarter at the $299 level will receive a complete, working Hendo hover engine and enough hover surface to play around with. It's a developer kit, Henderson says, and he wants makers to use it to build their own hover projects. If they have an idea they want to take to market, Arx Pax will work with them to make it a reality. "The most important piece of it all for me is the idea of taking away the limitations of how we think about problems in general. Not just thinking outside the box, but off the page," he says, explaining how Hover technology could be used to solve old problems in new ways. "When you do that -- when you approach problems that were seemingly impossible in different ways -- you'll never cease to be amazed by the solutions you can come up with."

While long-term goals go far beyond that of the not-so-humble hoverboard, there are plenty of Kickstarter goals focused on scratching that itch exclusively. For instance, 250 backers at the $100 level will be eligible for a five-minute ride on one of the company's prototype boards, and $1,000 buys a privately coached hour-long ride. Not content with merely renting hover-time? Okay, okay: The first 10 backers to contribute $10,000 will get a hoverboard to keep. The delivery date? 10/21/2015 -- the date Marty McFly arrives in the future.

I found this article on the following link:

http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/21/we-rode-a-hoverboard/?ncid=rss_truncated

Source: Hendo Hover, Kickstarter

Tags: arxpax, backtothefuture, hendo, hendohover, hover, hoverboard, mcfly, video

NEW FINDINGS!!!!! It's the 21st Century

Marijuana use associated with lower death rates in patients with traumatic brain injuries

Date:

October 2, 2014

Source:

Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed)

Summary:

A survey of patients with traumatic brain injuries found those who had used marijuana were more likely to survive than those who had not used the illicit substance. The findings suggest THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, may help protect the brain in cases of traumatic brain injury, the researchers said.

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Surveying patients with traumatic brain injuries, a group of Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) researchers reported today that they found those who tested positive for THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, were more likely to survive than those who tested negative for the illicit substance.

The findings, published in the October edition of The American Surgeon, suggest THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, may help protect the brain in cases of traumatic brain injury, the researchers said. The study included 446 patients who suffered traumatic brain injuries and underwent a urine test for the presence of THC in their system. The researchers found 82 of the patients had THC in their system. Of those, only 2.4% died. Of the remaining patients who didn't have THC in their system, 11.5% died.

"Previous studies conducted by other researchers had found certain compounds in marijuana helped protect the brain in animals after a trauma," said David Plurad, MD, an LA BioMed researcher and the study's lead author. "This study was one of the first in a clinical setting to specifically associate THC use as an independent predictor of survival after traumatic brain injury."

The researchers noted that the timing of their study was "pertinent" because of current efforts to decriminalize marijuana and other research that has shown THC can increase appetite, reduce ocular pressure, decrease muscle spasms, relieve pain and alleviate symptoms associated with irritable bowel disease. But they noted that their study has some significant limitations.

"While most -- but not all -- the deaths in the study can be attributed to the traumatic brain injury itself, it appears that both groups were similarly injured," Dr. Plurad said. "The similarities in the injuries between the two groups led to the conclusion that testing positive for THC in the system is associated with a decreased mortality in adult patients who have sustained traumatic brain injuries."

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Story Source:

The above story is based on materials provided by Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed). Note: Materials may be edited for content and length.

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Journal Reference:

1. Nguyen BM, Kim D, Bricker S, Bongard F, Neville A, Putnam B, Smith J, Plurad D.Effect of marijuana use on outcomes in traumatic brain injury. The American Surgeon, October 2014

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And a fish tank!

 

 

CBD's versus THC-- The battle of good vesus good begins

What are THC & CBD?

THC – Tetrahydrocannabinol. THC, is the main psychoactive substance found in the Cannabis plant. Tetrahydrocannabinol, usually refers to the naturally existing isomer of delta-9-THC.

THC has an extremely low toxicity and the amount that can enter the body through the consumption of cannabis plants poses no threat of death. It is generally considered impossible to overdose on marijuana, as the user would certainly either fall asleep or otherwise become incapacitated from the effects of the drug before being able to consume enough THC to be fatally toxic. In lab animal tests, scientists have had much difficulty administering a dosage of THC that is high enough to be lethal.

 Incidental observations have also revealed therapeutically useful effects. This occurred in a study with patients with Alzheimer’s disease wherein the primary issue was an examination of the appetite-stimulating effects of THC. Not only appetite and body weight increased, but disturbed behaviour among the patients also decreased. Some recent investigations have also shown that THC in low doses improves the efficacy of other antiemetic (appetite enhancing) drugs if given together.

In some MS patients, benefits of reduction of tremor have been observed following the administration of THC. In patients with Epilepsy the anticonvulsant activity of phenytoin and diazepam have been potentiated by THC. Some epileptic patients continue to utililize cannabis to control an otherwise unmanageable seizure disorder.

CBD - Cannabidiol. High CBD cannabis provides medical benefit without psychoactive effect. CBD is a cannabinoid with medical potential that is bred from cannabis when the goal is high THC content. Because CBD is not psychoactive, people who dislike the effects of currently available marijuana, or who are seeking medical benefit without feeling stoned, might like high-CBD strains bred low in THC.
High CBD strains may enable patients that need large doses of cannabinoids to ingest the dose they need and still remain functional. CBD boosts the pain-killing effects of THC while moderating its psychoactivity.

CBD has anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-convulsant, anti-anxiety and neuroprotective properties, according to a rapidly expanding array of published studies. Recent studies have also shown cannabidiol to be as effective as atypical antipsychotics in treating schizophrenia.

CBD also has a direct inhibitory effect on certain cancer cells. In November 2007 it was reported that CBD reduces growth of aggressive human breast cancer cells in vitro and reduces their invasiveness. It thus represents the first non-toxic exogenous agent that can lead to down-regulation of tumor aggressiveness.




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http://www.herbalsolutionsca.com/articles/113-what-are-thc-a-cbd