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Hi-tech fight against MRSA

A Dudley hospital has become one of the first places in the Midlands to take delivery of a hi-tech machine to help it in its battle against the superbugs. A Dudley hospital has become one of the first places in the Midlands to take delivery of a hi-tech machine to help it in its battle against the superbugs. Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley has taken delivery of a Hain machine which can dramatically slash the waiting time in finding out whether a patient has the potentially deadly MRSA bug. The £11,500 machine has the capability of reducing the diagnosis time to just three hours by identifying the genetic material that makes up the dangerous bug. Standard screening takes 24 hours for a negative result and 48 hours for a possible result. Read the full story in the Express & Star.

Dudley|Jun 28, 2007
Dudley

Ben, 8, writes with his eyes

School life has never been easy for young cerebral palsy sufferer Ben Nutbrown. School life has never been easy for young cerebral palsy sufferer Ben Nutbrown. Restricted to only minor hand movements, relatives and teachers never thought they'd see the day the bright eight-year-old could write out his school projects – but Ben has become one of the first in the country to make use of a revolutionary device which lets him write using his eyes. The £15,000 "mytobii" device was snapped up by Penn Hall Special School, Wolverhampton, where Ben is a pupil. There are only four of the devices currently in use in the UK. The computer works by using infra-red to track Ben's eyes as he moves his head along a special keyboard which appears on screen. Read the full story in the Express & Star.

Wolverhampton|May 28, 2007
Wolverhampton

Hi-tech Villa set to get in swim

Villa will become one of only three English clubs to have a state-of-the-art training pool at their new £8.5m training ground. Villa will become one of only three English clubs to have a state-of-the-art training pool at their new £8.5m training ground. The club are to invest in a pool complete with underwater treadmill, moveable floor and underwater video monitoring system. Villa will join Manchester United and Chelsea in boasting HydroWorx pools, with the Premiership's top two boasting a variable speed underwater treadmill, directional resistance jets and video monitoring system. Read the full story in the Express & Star

Aston Villa|Jan 13, 2007
Aston Villa

Wolves get hi-tech system

Wolves have brought back hi-tech performance analysis system ProZone in a bid to give their promotion bid an extra edge.Wolves have brought back hi-tech performance analysis system ProZone in a bid to give their promotion bid an extra edge. The system was scrapped as a cost-cutting measure in the summer, but has returned to Molineux at the request of manager Mick McCarthy. Wolves are operating a pared- down version of the computerised analysis system, thought to cost less than half of the £100,000 the club spent on it under Glenn Hoddle. Read the full story in the Express & Star

Wolves|Dec 5, 2006
Wolves
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